Implied monetary policy extracted from interest rate swaps in Chile

Abstract: This article describes a methodology that uses interest rate swaps in Chilean Pesos to extract monetary policy paths, as well as their probability, with nodes on future Central Bank meetings. It is concluded that implied policy paths contain term premiums that correlate with the policy cyc...

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Autor principal: Calcagni T.,Rodrigo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: ILADES. Universidad Alberto Hurtado. 2020
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-887020200002000032020-10-26Implied monetary policy extracted from interest rate swaps in ChileCalcagni T.,Rodrigo Monetary policy interest rate swaps term premium implied rates of monetary policy swap cámara promedio Abstract: This article describes a methodology that uses interest rate swaps in Chilean Pesos to extract monetary policy paths, as well as their probability, with nodes on future Central Bank meetings. It is concluded that implied policy paths contain term premiums that correlate with the policy cycle. Accordingly, implied paths have consistently overestimated the future path of future interest rates, pricing hikes more often than cuts and underestimating the likelihood of rates becoming more expansionary. Moreover, the level of implied rates has been governed by the front end of the curve, instead of expectations of the economic cycle. The result is that extracting implied rates from the swap curve is an ineffective tool for forecasting, and that the swap curve has not been able to anticipate changes in policy. These findings provide insights on the asymmetrical risk profile of future monetary policy and may contribute to the design of hedging strategies.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessILADES. Universidad Alberto Hurtado.Revista de análisis económico v.35 n.2 20202020-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-88702020000200003en10.4067/S0718-88702020000200003
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Monetary policy
interest rate swaps
term premium
implied rates of monetary policy
swap cámara promedio
spellingShingle Monetary policy
interest rate swaps
term premium
implied rates of monetary policy
swap cámara promedio
Calcagni T.,Rodrigo
Implied monetary policy extracted from interest rate swaps in Chile
description Abstract: This article describes a methodology that uses interest rate swaps in Chilean Pesos to extract monetary policy paths, as well as their probability, with nodes on future Central Bank meetings. It is concluded that implied policy paths contain term premiums that correlate with the policy cycle. Accordingly, implied paths have consistently overestimated the future path of future interest rates, pricing hikes more often than cuts and underestimating the likelihood of rates becoming more expansionary. Moreover, the level of implied rates has been governed by the front end of the curve, instead of expectations of the economic cycle. The result is that extracting implied rates from the swap curve is an ineffective tool for forecasting, and that the swap curve has not been able to anticipate changes in policy. These findings provide insights on the asymmetrical risk profile of future monetary policy and may contribute to the design of hedging strategies.
author Calcagni T.,Rodrigo
author_facet Calcagni T.,Rodrigo
author_sort Calcagni T.,Rodrigo
title Implied monetary policy extracted from interest rate swaps in Chile
title_short Implied monetary policy extracted from interest rate swaps in Chile
title_full Implied monetary policy extracted from interest rate swaps in Chile
title_fullStr Implied monetary policy extracted from interest rate swaps in Chile
title_full_unstemmed Implied monetary policy extracted from interest rate swaps in Chile
title_sort implied monetary policy extracted from interest rate swaps in chile
publisher ILADES. Universidad Alberto Hurtado.
publishDate 2020
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