The Effects of Forward Guidance: Theory with Measured Expectations

Christopher Roth, Mirko Wiederholt () and Johannes Wohlfart ()
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Mirko Wiederholt: LMU Munich and Sciences Po, CESifo, CEPR
Johannes Wohlfart: Department of Economics and CEBI, University of Copenhagen, CESifo, Danish Finance Institute

No 126, ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series from University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany

Abstract: We study the effects of forward guidance with an approach that combines theory with experimental estimates of counterfactual expectation adjustments. Guided by the model, we conduct experiments with representative samples of the US population to study how households adjust their expectations in response to changes in the Fed’s projections about future interest rates. Respondents significantly downward-adjust their inflation expectations in response to learning about an increase in the Fed’s pro-jection about the federal funds rate three years in the future, and they expect inflation to respond most strongly immediately after the announcement. By contrast, respon-dents do not adjust their nominal income expectations. Our model-based estimates highlight a small average consumption response to forward guidance due to oppos-ing effects from intertemporal substitution and changes in expected real income.

Keywords: Expectation Formation; Information; Updating (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 D14 D83 D84 E32 G11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 80 pages
Date: 2021-11
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