The Czech Government Yield Curve Decomposition at the Lower Bound

Michal Dvorák (), Zlatuse Komarkova () and Adam Kučera
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Michal Dvorák: Czech National Bank, Prague, Czech Republic

Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2019, vol. 69, issue 1, 2-36

Abstract: The term structure of yields is an important source of information on market expectations about future macroeconomic developments and investors’ risk perceptions and preferences. This article presents the decomposition of the Czech government bond yield curve into its components using a shadow–rate affine term–structure model and interest rate and credit default swap quotations. The evolution of the components is interpreted in relation to the macro–financial environment embodied by selected variables. The practical use of the decomposition in estimating and interpreting responses of the Czech government bond yield curve to macroeconomic and financial shock is presented using a vector autoregression model. Finally, the results are evaluated in terms of the lower bound proximity.

Keywords: decomposition; government bond; yield curve; affine model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G12 G23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Related works:
Chapter: Decomposition of the Czech government bond yield curve (2017)
Working Paper: Longer-term Yield Decomposition: An Analysis of the Czech Government Yield Curve (2017)
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