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Page 1: Communications Breakdown: The ransmissionT of Di erent ... Rogers KRS slides 042518_0.pdf · Outline of Our Paper I How are di erent types of ECB policy shocks transmitted? I Is there

Communications Breakdown: The Transmission

of Di�erent types of ECB Policy Announcements

Andrew Kane, John H. Rogers and Bo Sun

April 27, 2018

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Background

I Large literature using high-frequency changes in bond pricesaround Central Bank announcements to capture monetarypolicy surprises

I thus useful in identifying monetary policy shocksI Kuttner (2001), Cochrane and Piazzesi (2002), Gurkayanak,

Sack and Swanson (2005), Gertler and Karadi (2015)

I However, information on the economy released during theseannouncements complicates this interpretation.

I \Fed information e�ect"I Romer and Romer (2000), Nakamura and Steinsson (2017),

Campbell et. al. (2010, 2012)I forecasted (and perhaps realized) GDP response could be

perverse

I We explore theses issues for ECB announcements.

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Outline of Our Paper

I How are di�erent types of ECB policy shocks transmitted?

I Is there a central bank information e�ect, and if so how toidentify it?

I Where does it appear?I Asset Prices?I Private sector forecasts of GDP, in ation?I Response to policy shocks?

I What is its source?I Changes in the policy rate?I The statement?I Other communication?

I Is the information e�ect related to uncertainty about

monetary policy?

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Identi�cation of ECB Monetary Policy Shocks

Periphery-Core bond yield spread our instrument

I \Preserve the euro" objective

Target Rate Window

I Short statement released at conclusion of GC meeting

I Decision on immediate monetary policy

Communications Window

I Press conference after statement release

I Forward guidance, economic outlook

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Figure: ECB Communication and Macroeconomic Data Forecast Timeline

Target Rate Window Communications Window

Decision Released Press Conference Begins

1:30 2:25 3:20

Private Forecast Made ECB Meeting (their outlook revealed) Data Release

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Rubric

www.ecb.europa.eu ©

•Monetary policy

Introductory statement of the March Governing Council Meeting

Forward guidance on ECB interest rates:

“We continue to expect them [ECB interest rates] to remain at their present levels for an extended

period of time, and well past the horizon of out net asset purchases.”

Net purchases:

“We confirm that our net asset purchases, at the current monthly pace of €30 billion, are intended to

run until the end of September 2018, or beyond, if necessary, and in any case until the Governing

Council sees a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation consistent with its inflation aim.”

Reinvestment:

“The Eurosystem will continue to reinvest the principal payments from maturing securities purchased

under the asset purchase programme for an extended period of time after the end of its net asset

purchases, and in any case for as long as necessary.”

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Figure: Intraday Italian-German Spread Movements

2000 2005 2010 2015

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TargetMeeting CommunicationIntermeeting Communication

Target Window: 13:30−14:25 Communication Window: 14:25−15:30

OMT introduced

SMP for Italy and Spain

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Information Surprises

I Examine changes in (i) actual data (GDP growth, 1-yr

ahead), (ii) private sector expectations, and (iii) ECB outlook

around ECB announcements.

I Regress private forecast error on ECB forecast error

I Residual captures what the central bank knew about the

economy that the private sector did not:

(data��privateforecast�;t��) = �0+�1(data��ecbforecast�;t)+!t

I � : Release date of series being forecasted

I t: Date of ECB forecast

I t� �: Date of private forecast before ECB forecast at t

I !: Information surprise. Negative values indicate CB

pessimism surprise

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Figure: Private Sector Forecast Change vs ECB Forecast Change

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Correlation: 0.44

Changes in individual private sector forecasts vs changes in ECB forecasts. For

each ECB meeting, the private sector change in the forecast around that

meeting is the di�erence between the �rst forecast survey after that meeting

and the last forecast survey before the meeting. Private forecast changes were

computed monthly. ECB forecast changes were computed quarterly.

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Figure: Information Surprises

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\Preserve the euro" e�ect?

High-frequency responses of exchange rate and bond yield spreads

relative to Germany

I narrowing spreads coincide with euro appreciation, especially

in communications window

I e�ect stronger for "more peripheral" countries

I opposite relationship for Fed policy changes and the dollar

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Figure: Change in 2-Yr IT-DE Spread and Exchange Rate

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Figure: Change in 2-Yr Interest Rate Spread and Exchange Rate

Italy Ireland

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Estimate external instruments VARs

I VAR in monthly data: A(L)Yt = "t

I Yt = IP;CPI; spread; dollar=euro; ebp

I 2008:1 to 2017:4

I Errors: "t = R�t; �t = (�1t; �0

2t)0:

I De�ne Zt as intraday change in, e.g., two-year futures during

communications window

I set Xt = "t for variables with only monthly data (do withmacro data)

I Implementation: estimate reduced form VAR and get

residuals. Regress Xt on Zt to get R1 up to a sign and scale

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External instruments identi�cation, cont'd

I Key Assumps: E(�1tZt) = � , E(�2tZt) = 0

I Identifying assumptions seem mild

I no timing restrictions, dubious or otherwise, no signrestrictions

I however, FRB-CH brethren, Nakamura-Steinsson, and othersraise concerns

I \Fed" information e�ect

I suggests violation of 2nd assumption

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Decomposing Monetary Policy Surprises

I Regress raw high-frequency surprises on ECB and private

sector forecast errors

�MPSm;t = �0 + �1ecbforecasterror�;t

+ �2privateforecasterror�;t�� + �t

I m either target window or communications window

I restrict �1 = ��2

I private forecasts those made before ECB meeting

I �tted values are the Delphic Guidance surprises

I residuals �t are orthogonalized MP surprises

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Figure: Orthogonalized Monetary Policy Shocks and Delphic GuidanceShocks

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Figure: Percentage of \Perverse" outlook changes

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Figure: Impulse Responses

Target Rate Shock Orthogonalized Target Rate Shock

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Figure: Impulse Responses where �1 = ��2

Target Rate Shock Orthogonalized Target Rate Shock

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Figure: Jarocinski Karadi (2018)Figure 2: Impulse responses to one standard deviation shocks, baseline VAR. Median (line),percentiles 16-84 (darker band), percentiles 5-95 (lighter band).

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\Information e�ect" and monetary policy uncertainty

Examine the relationship between Delphic FG shocks and measures

of monetary policy uncertainty

I market-based and news-based measures of uncertainty about

ECB monetary policy

I implied volatility of 3-month Euribor from estimating

probability distribution functions using options prices.

Variance of the estimated distribution for 3-month Euribor

180 days ahead.

I news-based measures akin to Baker-Bloom-Davis and

Husted-Rogers-Sun

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Table: Monetary Policy Uncertainty Index Construction

Country (i) (ii) (iii) Newspapers

uncertainty monetary policy \Bank of Canada" Gazette

uncertain interest rate \BOC" Globe and Mail

Canada policy rate Ottawa Citizen

overnight rate Toronto Star

overnight lending rate Vancouver Sun

uncertainty monetary policy \European Central Bank" Financial Times

Euro uncertain interest rate \ECB" New York Times

Area policy rate \Governing Council" Wall Street Journal

re�nancing tender

eonia

uncertainty monetary policy \Bank of Japan" Financial Times

Japan uncertain interest rate \BOJ" New York Times

policy rate Wall Street Journal

call rate

uncertainty monetary policy \Bank of England" Daily Telegraph

United uncertain interest rate \BOE" Financial Times

Kingdom policy rate \Monetary Policy Committee" Guardian

bank rate \MPC" Independent

overnight lending rate Times of London

Notes: Words in quotes are searched as exact terms. All other words searched over allow for plural forms.

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Figure: Monetary Policy Uncertainty for the Eurozone Correlation = .577

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MPS Decomposition Estimates

�MPSm;t = �0+�1(privateforecast�;t���ecbforecast�;t)+�t

I Target Rate window: �1 = 0.077, F-stat = 9.548 (p=0.004)

I Communications window: �1 = -0.028, F-stat = 0.542

(p= 0.467)

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Figure: 3-Month Euribor Volatility vs Target Rate Surprises

Orthogonalized Delphic

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Figure: 3-Month Euribor Volatility vs Communications Surprises

Orthogonalized Delphic

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Figure: News-Based MPU vs Target Rate Surprises

Orthogonalized Delphic

−0.06 −0.04 −0.02 0.00 0.02 0.04

5010

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ased

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Figure: News-Based MPU vs Communications Surprises

Orthogonalized Delphic

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5010

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ased

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Conclusion

I Analyze two types of ECB monetary policy shocks

I ECB objective on periphery-core spreads, preserving the euro

I Target rate shocks look conventional

I Communication shocks suggestive of information e�ects

I \Orthogonalized" shocks produce more conventional responses

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