Retrieving Inflation Expectations and Risk Premia Effects from the Term Structure of Interest Rates

Download or read book Retrieving Inflation Expectations and Risk Premia Effects from the Term Structure of Interest Rates written by Efthymios Argyropoulos and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper suggests an empirically attractive Gaussian dynamic term structure model to retrieve estimates of real interest rates and in፟lation expectations from the nominal term structure of interest rates which are net of in፟lation risk premium effects. The paper shows that this model is consistent with the data and that time-variation of inflፚtion risk premium and real interest rates can explain the puzzling behavior of the spread between long and short-term nominal interest rates to forecast changes in in፟lation rates, especially over short-term horizons. The estimates of in፟lation risk premium effects retrieved by the model tend to be negative and signiጿicant, which implies that investors in the bond market require less compensation for holding nominal bonds compared to in፟lation-indexed bonds. This is more evident during the recent fiijnancial crisis.