Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30571 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2760
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Nowadays, it is widely believed that greater disclosure and clarity over policy may lead to greater predictability of central bank actions. We examine whether communication by the European Central Bank (ECB) adds information compared to the information provided by a Taylor rule model in which real time expected inflation and output are used. We use five indicators of ECB communication that are all based on the ECB President's introductory statement at the press conference following an ECB policy meeting. Our results suggest that even though the indicators are sometimes quite different from one another, they add information that helps predict the next policy decision of the ECB. Furthermore, also when the interbank rate is included in our Taylor rule model, the ECB communication indicators remain significant.
Subjects: 
ECB
central bank
communication
Taylor rule
JEL: 
E52
E53
E30
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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