Measuring the Effects of Federal Reserve Forward Guidance and Asset Purchases on Financial Markets

Eric Swanson

No 1222, 2016 Meeting Papers from Society for Economic Dynamics

Abstract: I adapt the methods of Gurkaynak, Sack, and Swanson (2005) to estimate two dimensions of monetary policy during the 2009–2015 zero lower bound period in the U.S. I show that, after a suitable rotation, these two dimensions can be interpreted as “forward guidance†and “large-scale asset purchases†(LSAPs). I estimate the sizes of the forward guidance and LSAP components of each FOMC announcement between January 2009 and October 2015, and show that those estimates correspond closely to identifiable features of major FOMC announcements over that period. Forward guidance has relatively small effects on the longest-maturity Treasury yields and essentially no effect on corporate bond yields, while LSAPs have large effects on those yields but essentially no effect on short-term Treasuries. Both types of policies have significant effects on medium-term Treasury yields, stock prices, and exchange rates. However, these effects do not seem to be very persistent.

Date: 2016
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Journal Article: Measuring the effects of federal reserve forward guidance and asset purchases on financial markets (2021)
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