DP2748 Uncertainty on Monetary Policy and the Expectational Model of the Term Structure of Interest Rates

Author(s):	Carlo A. Favero, Federico Mosca
Publication Date:	March 2001
Keyword(s):	Expectations Model, Forward-Looking Reaction Functions, Term Structure Of Interest Rates
JEL(s):	E44, E52, F41
Programme Areas:	International Macroeconomics
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In this Paper we estimate jointly a forward-looking reaction function for the three-month rate along with a term structure relationship linking the six-month interest rates to current and expected future three-month rates. In our empirical model the response of the six-month interest rates to current and future three-month interest rates is allowed to depend on uncertainty on monetary policy. The expectation theory cannot be rejected in periods of low uncertainty on monetary policy.