A factor model of term structure slopes in eurocurrency markets

This paper departs from previous research in dealing with dimensionality reduction in the space of international term structure slopes. Recent empirical work has documented the existence of information in the slope of the term structure which is relevant to forecast future changes in economic activi...

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Autores: Novales Cinca, Alfonso Santiago, Domínguez Irastorza, Emilio
Formato: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/64514
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64514
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:E37
E43
Term structure of interest rates
Term structure slope
Principal components
Eurocurrencies
Mercados bursátiles y financieros
Descrição
Resumo:This paper departs from previous research in dealing with dimensionality reduction in the space of international term structure slopes. Recent empirical work has documented the existence of information in the slope of the term structure which is relevant to forecast future changes in economic activity, and it is additional to information in past economic activity, inflation, or in any leading indicator index [see Estrella and Hardouvelis (1991), Stock and Watson (1988), Hardouvelis (1994) and Plosser and Rouwenhorst (1994), among others]. This implies that a good forecasting model of term structure slopes could be helpful to anticipate changes in economic activity with an even longer anticipation.