The Yield Curve and Financial Risk Premia: Implications for Monetary Policy

The Yield Curve and Financial Risk Premia: Implications for Monetary Policy
ISBN-10
3642215750
ISBN-13
9783642215759
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2011-08-17
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Felix Geiger

Description

The determinants of yield curve dynamics have been thoroughly discussed in finance models. However, little can be said about the macroeconomic factors behind the movements of short- and long-term interest rates as well as the risk compensation demanded by financial investors. By taking on a macro-finance perspective, the book’s approach explicitly acknowledges the close feedback between monetary policy, the macroeconomy and financial conditions. Both theoretical and empirical models are applied in order to get a profound understanding of the interlinkages between economic activity, the conduct of monetary policy and the underlying macroeconomic factors of bond price movements. Moreover, the book identifies a broad risk-taking channel of monetary transmission which allows a reassessment of the role of financial constraints; it enables policy makers to develop new guidelines for monetary policy and for financial supervision of how to cope with evolving financial imbalances.

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