The Bond Market Term Premium: What is it, and How Can We Measure it?

14 Pages Posted: 24 Jun 2012

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Don H. Kim

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Athanasios Orphanides

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management; Asia School of Business

Date Written: June 1, 2007

Abstract

We review the concept of the term premium, examine alternative methods used to estimate it and discuss some of the challenges encountered in such efforts. We also explain how survey forecasts could be useful for providing an informal, model-free cross-check on simple regression-based forecasting models of term premia and for formal estimation of flexibly specified no-arbitrage models.

JEL Classification: E43, E47, G12.

Suggested Citation

Kim, Don H. and Orphanides, Athanasios, The Bond Market Term Premium: What is it, and How Can We Measure it? (June 1, 2007). BIS Quarterly Review, June 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1599651

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