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Estimating the monetary policy rule perceived by forecasters

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  • Brent Bundick
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Brent Bundick examines whether the FOMC?s implicit monetary policy rule, as perceived by professional forecasters, changed when the federal funds rate reached its effective lower bound.

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  • Brent Bundick, 2015. "Estimating the monetary policy rule perceived by forecasters," Macro Bulletin, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, pages 1-3, December.
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    4. Jason Choi & Taeyoung Doh, 2016. "Measuring the Stance of Monetary Policy on and off the Zero Lower Bound," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue Q III, pages 5-24.

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    Federal Open Market Committee; Monetary policy;

    JEL classification:

    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E47 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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