Gauging Market Responses to Monetary Policy Communication

Kevin Kliesen, Brian Levine and Christopher Waller

Review, 2019, vol. 101, issue 2, 69-91

Abstract: The modern model of central bank communication suggests that central bankers prefer to err on the side of saying too much rather than too little. The reason is that most central bankers believe that clear and concise communication of monetary policy helps achieve their goals. For the Federal Reserve, this means to achieve its goals of price stability, maximum employment, and stable long-term interest rates. This article examines the various dimensions of Fed communication with the public and financial markets and how Fed communication with the public has evolved over time. We use daily and intraday data to document how Fed communication affects key financial market variables. We find that Fed communication is associated with changes in prices of financial market instruments such as Treasury securities and equity prices. However, this effect varies by type of communication, by type of instrument, and by who is doing the speaking.

JEL-codes: E52 E58 E61 G10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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