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Estimating the Market-Perceived Monetary Policy Rule

  • James D. Hamilton
  • Seth Pruitt
  • Scott Borger
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
vol. 3, no. 3, July 2011
(pp. 1-28)
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Abstract

We introduce a novel method for estimating a monetary policy rule using macroeconomic news. We estimate directly the policy rule agents use to form their expectations by linking news' effects on forecasts of both economic conditions and monetary policy. Evidence between 1994 and 2007 indicates that the market-perceived Federal Reserve policy rule changed: the output response vanished, and the inflation response path became more gradual but larger in long-run magnitude. These response coefficient estimates are robust to measurement and theoretical issues with both potential output and the inflation target. (JEL C51, E31, E43, E52, E58)

Citation

Hamilton, James D., Seth Pruitt, and Scott Borger. 2011. "Estimating the Market-Perceived Monetary Policy Rule." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 3 (3): 1-28. DOI: 10.1257/mac.3.3.1

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JEL Classification

  • C51 Model Construction and Estimation
  • E31 Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
  • E43 Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
  • E52 Monetary Policy
  • E58 Central Banks and Their Policies
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