Do Central Banks Respond  Timely to Developments in the Global Economy?

B-Tier
Journal: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2020
Volume: 82
Issue: 2
Pages: 285-310

Authors (3)

Hilde C. Bj⊘rnland (not in RePEc) Leif Anders Thorsrud (BI Handelshøyskolen) Sepideh Khayati Zahiri (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Our analysis suggests; they do not! We arrive at this conclusion by showing that revisions to the published interest rate path projections from the central banks in New Zealand, Norway and Sweden can be predicted by timely and forward‐looking international indicators. Furthermore, using individual country and Panel VARs, identified with an external instrument method, we show that the policy surprises induced by the predictable revisions likely contain information about how the central banks assess past, current and future economic conditions and thereby leads to a positive co‐movement between the interest rate and both financial markets and the macroeconomy.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:obuest:v:82:y:2020:i:2:p:285-310
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24