Providing Content for ECB Announcements

Carlo Rosa

Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2007, vol. 115, issue 4, 525-546

Abstract: This paper proposes a new objective methodology for analysing the verbatim transcripts of central bank announcements. I apply a statistical method based on locally recurring word patterns, the descending hierarchical classification algorithm, to identify the characteristic themes of the monthly press conferences of the President of the ECB. The econometric evidence suggests that these press conferences convey information to the public. Moreover, the reaction of market rates strongly depends on the principal themes of the statement.

Keywords: ECB communication; narrative approach; statistical content analysis; Descending Hierarchical Classification Algorithm; Euribor interest (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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