Delphic and odyssean monetary policy shocks: Evidence from the euro area

Philippe Andrade and Filippo Ferroni

Journal of Monetary Economics, 2021, vol. 117, issue C, 816-832

Abstract: What drives the reaction of financial markets to central bank communication on the days of policy decisions? We highlight the role of two factors that we identify from high-frequency monetary surprises: news on future macroeconomic conditions (Delphic shocks) and news on future monetary policy shocks (Odyssean shocks). These two shocks move the yield curve in the same direction but have opposite effects on financial conditions and macroeconomic expectations. They also have a different impact on macroeconomic outcomes so that central bankers cannot infer the degree of stimulus they provide by looking at the mere reaction of the yield curve.

Keywords: Central bank communication; Yield curve; Monetary policy surprises; Signaling; Forward guidance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 E32 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Working Paper: Delphic and Odyssean Monetary Policy Shocks: Evidence from the Euro Area (2019)
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Working Paper: Delphic and Odyssean monetary policy shocks: Evidence from the euro-area (2018)
Working Paper: Delphic and Odyssean monetary policy shocks: Evidence from the euro-area (2016)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2020.06.002

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