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JOURNAL OF FORECASTING
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 368-393Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/for.2631
Keywords
central bank communication; disagreement; monetary policy; monetary policy committee; transparency
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Yes. This study produces evidence that monetary policy transparency and communication policy of the Bank of England have information content in reducing disagreement about interest rate forecasts. Different from most extant studies employing the transparency index derived from official documents of the central banks, this study extends the literature by using a recently developed market-based monetary transparency index. Moreover, this study analyzes forecast disagreement in a multivariate perspective based on survey data of short- and long-term rates over short and long horizons. This study characterizes several patterns on forecast disagreement related to maturities of interest rates, forecast horizons, recessions, forward guidance, credibility, transparency, and communication policy. Interestingly, disagreement among the Monetary Policy Committee in policy rate decisions is associated with lower disagreement among professional forecasters on interest rate outlook, whereas neither announcement of changes in policy rates nor publication of inflation reports affects forecast disagreement. These results have important implications for monetary policymakers in managing market expectations of interest rates.
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