The effect of different inflation risks on interest rates of the US

E. Yuksel and Y. Akdi

Applied Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 16, issue 2, 169-175

Abstract: This article examines the effect of different inflation uncertainty measures on interest rates of the US in a Fisher hypothesis framework. Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) specification with a time-dependent parameter model is used to obtain three types of inflation uncertainties, namely, impulse uncertainty, structural uncertainty and steady-state uncertainty. It has been observed that the impulse uncertainty has negative but the structural uncertainty has positive impact on both short-term and long-term interest rates. Both of these effects are statistically significant. The influence of steady-state uncertainty on interest rates is positive, but the level of significance depends on the inclusion of output gap. Without the inclusion of output gap, the effect is insignificant, whereas the effect becomes significant when output gap is introduced.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850601018072

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