Yield curve and financial uncertainty: Evidence based on US data

Efrem Castelnuovo

CAMA Working Papers from Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: How does the yield curve respond to a jump in financial uncertainty? We address this question by conducting a local projections analysis with US monthly data, period: 1962- 2018. The state-of-the-art financial uncertainty measure proposed by Ludvigson, Ma, and Ng (2019) is found to predict movements in interest rates of the entire US yield curve. Both ends of the yield curve respond negatively and significantly. The response of the short end of the yield curve is found to be stronger than that of the long end, i.e., a financial uncertainty shock causes a temporary steepening of the yield curve. This result is consistent, among other interpretations, with medium-term expectations of a recovery in real activity after a financial uncertainty shock.

Keywords: Financial uncertainty shocks; yield curve; local projections; inflation dynamics; output growth. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 E32 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2019-06
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Journal Article: Yield Curve and Financial Uncertainty: Evidence Based on US Data (2019)
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Working Paper: Yield Curve and Financial Uncertainty: Evidence Based on US Data (2019)
Working Paper: Yield Curve and Financial Uncertainty: Evidence Based on US Data (2019)
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