A Multi-Country Comparison of Term Structure Forecasts at Long Horizons

42 Pages Posted: 1 Feb 2001 Last revised: 9 Oct 2022

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Frederic S. Mishkin

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Philippe Jorion

University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business

Date Written: January 1991

Abstract

This paper extends previous work on the information in the term structure at longer maturities to other countries besides the United states, using a newly constructed data set for 1 to 5 year interest rates from Britain, West Germany and Switzerland. Even with wide differences in inflation processes across these countries, there is we find strong evidence that the term structure does have significant forecasting ability for future changes in inflation, particularly so at long maturities. On the other hand, the ability of the term structure to forecast future changes in 1-year interest rates is somewhat weaker; only at the very longest horizon (5 years) is there significant forecasting ability for interest rate changes.

Suggested Citation

Mishkin, Frederic S. and Jorion, Philippe, A Multi-Country Comparison of Term Structure Forecasts at Long Horizons (January 1991). NBER Working Paper No. w3574, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=226851

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