Bond Market Exposures to Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy Risks

71 Pages Posted: 2 May 2014 Last revised: 4 Jan 2017

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Dongho Song

Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

Date Written: January 2, 2017

Abstract

The paper estimates a model that allows for shifts in the aggressiveness of monetary policy and time variation in the distribution of macroeconomic shocks. These model features induce variations in the cyclical properties of inflation and the riskiness of bonds. The estimation identifies inflation as procyclical from the late 1990s, when the economy shifted toward aggressive monetary policy and experienced procyclical macroeconomics shocks. Since bonds hedge stock market risks when inflation is procylical, the stock-bond return correlation turned negative in the late 1990s. The risks of encountering countercyclical inflation in the future could lead to an upward-sloping yield curve, like in the data.

Keywords: Monetary Policy Risks, Macroeconomic Risks, Regime Switching, Term Structure

JEL Classification: E32, E42, E43, E44, E52, G12

Suggested Citation

Song, Dongho, Bond Market Exposures to Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy Risks (January 2, 2017). (Forthcoming) Review of Financial Studies, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2431252 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2431252

Dongho Song (Contact Author)

Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School ( email )

Baltimore, MD 20036-1984
United States

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