Writing Clearly: The ECB’s Monetary Policy Communication

Ales Bulir, Čihák Martin and Katerina Smidkova
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Čihák Martin: International Monetary Fund (IMF),Washington, D.C., United States of America

German Economic Review, 2013, vol. 14, issue 1, 50-72

Abstract: The article presents a novel methodology for measuring the clarity of central bank communication using content analysis, illustrating the methodology with the case of the European Central Bank (ECB). The analysis identifies the ECB’s written communication as clear in about 85-95% of instances, which is comparable with, or better than, similar results available for other central banks. We also find that the additional information on risk to inflation and especially projection risk assessment contained in the ECB’s Monthly Bulletins helps to improve communication clarity compared to ECB’s press releases. In contrast, the bulletin’s communication on monetary developments has a negative, albeit small, impact on clarity.

Keywords: Monetary policy; communication; European Central Bank (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2011.00562.x

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