2021/08/02 by Santiago Camara, Camara, Santiago
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #FOS: Economics and business #General Economics (econ.GN) #Market Dynamics and Volatility #Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2108.01026
openalex publication_date 2021/08/02 · openalex created_date 2022/07/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper quantifies the international spillovers of US interest rates by explicitly controlling for the "Fed Information Effect". I use multiple identification strategies that identify two components of monetary policy surprises around FOMC meetings: a pure US monetary policy shock component and a "Fed Information Effect" component. On the one hand, a US tightening caused by a pure US monetary policy component leads to an economic recession, an exchange rate depreciation and tighter financial conditions. On the other hand, a tightening of US monetary policy caused by the "Fed Information Effect" leads to an economic expansion, an exchange rate appreciation and looser financial conditions. Ignoring the "Fed Information Effect" biases the impact of US interest rates and may explain recent atypical findings which suggest an expansionary impact of US monetary policy shocks on the rest of the world.