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Do monetary policy announcements shift household expectations?
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| Other Authors: | Makridis, Christos A. [Author] • Mertens, Karel [Author] |
| Type of Resource: | E-Book |
| Language: | English |
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Staff reports ; no. 897 (September 2019)
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| Source: | Verbunddaten SWB Lizenzfreie Online-Ressourcen |
| Summary: | We use daily survey data from Gallup to assess whether households' beliefs about economic conditions are influenced by surprises in monetary policy announcements. We first provide more general evidence that public confidence in the state of the economy reacts to certain types of macroeconomic news very quickly. Next, we show that surprises about the federal funds target rate are among the news that have statistically significant and instantaneous effects on economic confidence. In contrast, surprises about forward guidance and asset purchases do not have similar effects on household beliefs, perhaps because they are less well understood. We document heterogeneity in the responsiveness of sentiment across demographics. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 48 Seiten); Illustrationen |