Arbeitspapier

Risk premia at the ZLB: A macroeconomic interpretation

Historically, inflation is negatively correlated with stock returns, leading investors to fear inflation. We document using a variety of measures that this association became positive in the U.S. during the 2008-2015 period. We then show how an off-the-shelf New Keynesian model can reproduce this change of association due to the binding zero lower bound (ZLB) on short-term nominal interest rates during this period: in the model, demand shocks become more important when the ZLB binds because the central bank cannot respond as effectively as when interest rates are positive. This changing correlation in turn reduces the term premium, and hence contributes to explaining the decline in long-term interest rates. We use the model to evaluate this mechanism quantitatively. Our results shed light on the validity of the New Keynesian ZLB model, a cornerstone of modern macroeconomic theory.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2020-01

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Monetary Policy
Fiscal Policy
Thema
zero lower bound
liquidity trap
stock market
inflation premia
termpremia
risk premia

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Gourio, François
Ngo, Phuong
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(wo)
Chicago, IL
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.21033/wp-2020-01
Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Gourio, François
  • Ngo, Phuong
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Entstanden

  • 2020

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