An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between US and Colombian Long-Term Sovereign Bond Yields

30 Pages Posted: 7 Oct 2014

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Alexander Guarín

Central Bank of Colombia

Jose Moreno

Central Bank of Colombia

Hernando Vargas

Banco de la República

Date Written: August 2014

Abstract

We study two issues: (i) the relationship between interest rates on US and Colombian sovereign debt and (ii) the short-term response of the Colombian long-term bond yield and other asset prices to shocks to the US long-term Treasury rate. We use daily data between 2004 and 2013. Separating the period into three intervals (before, during and after the financial crisis), we consider the first issue with a moving window linear regression, and we address the second by estimating a VARX-MGARCH model. Our findings show that the link between sovereign bond yields has changed over time, and that the short-run responses of local asset prices to foreign financial shocks were qualitatively different in the three periods. The role of US Treasury securities as a safe haven asset during highly volatile periods seems to be at the root of these changes.

Full publication: The Transmission of Unconventional Monetary Policy to the Emerging Markets

Keywords: Long-term bond yields, global financial crisis, emerging markets, moving window linear regression , VARX-MGARCH model

JEL Classification: C30, E43, E58, F42, G15

Suggested Citation

Guarín, Alexander and Moreno, Jose and Vargas, Hernando, An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between US and Colombian Long-Term Sovereign Bond Yields (August 2014). BIS Paper No. 78i, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2499752

Alexander Guarín (Contact Author)

Central Bank of Colombia ( email )

Carrera 7 #14-78
Bogota
Colombia

Jose Moreno

Central Bank of Colombia

Carrera 7 #14-78
Bogota
Colombia

Hernando Vargas

Banco de la República ( email )

Carrera 7 #14-78
Bogota
Colombia

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