M. Clements

Explaining and Forecasting the Us Federal Funds Rate

A Monetary Policy Model for the Us

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book has been written as a practical guide for finance markets professionals to explain US monetary policy and to make forecasts of future interest rate levels. Aimed at market players, familiar with US policy instruments, Explaining and Forecasting the US Federal Funds Rates will provide a means of making independent interest rate forecasts as well as explaining current rate levels.

Produktdetails

• Finance and Capital Markets Series
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4039-3333-1
• 2004
• Seitenzahl: 145
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 154mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9781403933331
• ISBN-10: 1403933332
• Artikelnr.: 21906823

Autorenporträt

MATTHEW CLEMENTS is a freelance economist and is author of many articles on market commentaries on economics in the financial press. He was previously employed as an economist by Prebon Yamane in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Monetary Policy Models The History of Fed Policy Procedures, Targets and Instruments Since 1970 The Monetary Policy Model (MPM) Making Interest Rate Forecasts Using the MPM Comparing MPM Results with the Eurodollar Futures Market Comparing the Two-Year Average Forecasting Errors of the MPM and Eurodollar Futures