Characterising the Brazilian term structure of interest rates

Osmani Guillén and Benjamin Tabak

International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, 2009, vol. 2, issue 2, 103-114

Abstract: This paper studies the Brazilian term structure of interest rates and characterises how the term premia have changed over time. We employ a Kalman filter approach, which is extended to take into account regime switches and overlapping forecasts errors. Empirical evidence suggests that term premia depend on international global liquidity and domestic factors such as the composition of public debt and inflation volatility. These results provide important guidance for the formulation of fiscal and monetary policies.

Keywords: Brazil; term structure; interest rates; term premia; fiscal policy; monetary policy; regime switching; Kalman filter. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Working Paper: Characterizing the Brazilian Term Structure of Interest Rates (2008)
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