Central Banks' Voting Records and Future Policy

Roman Horvath, Katerina Smidkova and Jan Zapal

International Journal of Central Banking, 2012, vol. 8, issue 4, 1-19

Abstract: We assess whether the voting records of central bank boards are informative about future monetary policy using data on five inflation-targeting countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). We find that in all countries the voting records, namely the difference between the average voted-for and actually implemented policy rate, signal future monetary policy, making a case for publishing the records. This result holds even if we control for the financial market expectations, include the voting records from the period covering the current global financial crisis, and examine the differences in timing and style of the voting record announcements.

JEL-codes: D78 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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