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Title: The FOMC Risk Shift

Author(s): Tim Kroencke, Maik Schmeling and Andreas Schrimpf

Publication Date: October 2019

Keyword(s): Equity premium, Fund flows, Monetary Policy Surprises, Portfolio rebalancing and Price pressure

Programme Area(s): Financial Economics, International Macroeconomics and Finance and Monetary Economics and Fluctuations

Abstract: A large share of stock returns around FOMC meetings is driven by shocks that are uncorrelated with news about risk-free rates but seem closely related to changes in investors' perception of risk. These "FOMC risk shifts" can only partly be traced to fundamental news. However, FOMC risk shifts are accompanied by sizeable shifts in fund flows reminiscent of "risk on/off" modes and strong price pressure, which accounts for up to half of returns. Our results highlight the role of investor heterogeneity as an important factor to understanding the short-term dynamics of stock returns in response to monetary policy news.

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Kroencke, T, Schmeling, M and Schrimpf, A. 2019. 'The FOMC Risk Shift'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14037