Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300808 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 2084
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
Exploiting the heteroscedasticity of the changes in short-term and long-term interest rates and exchange rates around the FOMC announcement, we identify three structural monetary policy shocks. We eliminate the predictable part of the shocks and study their effects on financial variables and macro variables. The first shock resembles a conventional monetary policy shock, and the second resembles an unconventional monetary shock. The third shock leads to an increase in interest rates, stock prices, industrial production, consumer prices, and commodity prices. At the same time, the excess bond premium and uncertainty decrease, and the U.S. dollar depreciates. Therefore, this third shock combines all the characteristics of a central bank information shock.
Subjects: 
Monetary policy
central bank information shock
identification through heteroskedasticity
high-frequency identification
proxy SVAR
JEL: 
C36
E52
E58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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