Monetary Policy Uncertainty and Bond Risk Premium
41 Pages
Posted: 29 Aug 2016
Last revised: 17 Jan 2017
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - School of Finance
Renmin University
Date Written: October 1, 2016
Abstract
We show that uncertainty of monetary policy (MPU) commands a risk premium in the US Treasury bond market. Using the news based MPU measure in Baker, Bloom, and Davis (2016) to capture monetary policy uncertainty, we find that MPU forecasts significantly and positively future monthly Treasury bond excess returns. This forecastability remains significant controlling for standard bond risk premium predictors based on yield curve and macroeconomic fundamentals. The predictive power of MPU is not driven by uncertainty of economic growth, inflation and general economic condition, and is confirmed in out-of-sample tests.
Keywords: Bond Return Predictability, Monetary Policy Uncertainty, Out-of-sample Forecasting
JEL Classification: C22, C53, G11, G12, G17
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Jiang, Fuwei and Tong, Guoshi, Monetary Policy Uncertainty and Bond Risk Premium (October 1, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2831092 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2831092
