Authors:

  • Robin Greenwood
  • Samuel Hanson

Excerpt

Forward Guidance in the Yield Curve: Short Rates versus Bond Supply. Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson, November 17, 2015, Paper. "We present a model of the yield curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing (QE) operations, which affect bond supply. Forward guidance on short rates works through the expectations hypothesis, while forward guidance on QE works through expected future bond risk premia. If a QE operation is expected to be undone in the near term, then its announcement will have a hump-shaped effect..." Link