Has the Information Channel of Monetary Policy Disappeared? Revisiting the Empirical Evidence

Barbara Rossi, Tatevik Sekhposyan and Lukas Hoesch

No 14456, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Does the Federal Reserve have an "information advantage'' in forecasting macroeconomic variables beyond what is known to private sector forecasters? And are market participants reacting only to monetary policy shocks or also to future information on the state of the economy that the Federal Reserve communicates in its announcements via an "information channel''? This paper investigates the evolution of the information channel over time. Although the information channel appears to be important historically, we find no empirical evidence of its presence in the recent years once instabilities are accounted for.

Keywords: Monetary policy; Information channel of monetary policy; Instabilities; Forecasting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C11 C14 C22 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-for, nep-mac, nep-mon and nep-ore
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