The Yield Spread and Real Economic Activity: The Impact of Globalisation

Kim Hawtrey

No 110, Research Papers from Macquarie University, Department of Economics

Abstract: One of the enduring linkages between financial markets and the real economy is that the shape of the interest rate curve is seen as a good predictor of future output growth. However, little is known about the effect of globalisation on this relationship. This paper examines whether, in the wake of the internationalisation of the Australian economy during the past decade and a half, there is today an identifiable relationship between the foreign yield spread and Australian GDP growth. Using the US interest rate spread as a proxy for the world yield curve, a link is found to exist with Australian GDP growth. There is evidence the link has strengthened as the economy has seen greater exposure to globalisation.

JEL-codes: E4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages.
Date: 2001-10
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