monetary policy: breaking down 10-year us$ treasury yields
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Monetary policy in the spotlight Piet Lammens
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Monetary policy after zero rate bound is reached
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Monetary policy after zero rate bound is reached (part 1): QE
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Determination 10-year Treasury yield
ECONOMIC DATA
LIFT – OFF DATE
FORWARD GUIDANCE
SLOPE OF OIS CURVE
TERM PREMIUM
QUANTITATIVE EASING
10-YEAR YIELD
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QE pushes term premium sharply lower
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Real 10-yr yield (left) versus 10-yr breakeven (right)
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US 10-year yield
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QE objectives
Objective: lower longer term interest rates Stimulate aggregate demand. Change demand/supply
dynamics FI market
Push investors towards riskier assets (equity/corp) Influence composition portfolio investors
Scarcity channel/duration channel/expectation
channel
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QE costs
Inflated balance sheet Exit policy more difficult Fed effectively lost rate setting power
Excess reserves: banks no longer dependent on Fed Remedies are possible, but jury is still out (IOER, reverse repo at FAFR)
Artificially pushing term (risk) premiums
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QE & Fed communication/evaluation
QE program linked to “substantial” improvement labour market. (1 yr: 8.1% to 7.4%)
Time path Bernanke (June FOMC meeting)
Costs programme increase (bal. sheet) and risks increase (Fed Stein: signs of overheating in some credit markets)
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QE end-game
Start tapering at Sept. FOMC meeting
Start?: $15/20B Pace: Dec $20B, March & June14 $20/25B Evenly divided between MBS & Treasuries Data-dependent, but asymmetrical risk Largely discounted? Sell-off May/June?
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Determine 10-year Treasury yield
ECONOMIC DATA
LIFT – OFF DATE
FORWARD GUIDANCE
SLOPE OF OIS CURVE
TERM PREMIUM
QUANTITATIVE EASING
10-YEAR YIELD
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Monetary policy as zero bound is reached (part 2): Forward guidance
History (Fed- BoE – ECB) Objective: influence curve beyond short term
horizon Promise about future rates (data-dependent/time-
dependent/undefined time period)
Conditional Credibility
Has reaction function CB changed?
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Forward Guidance Fed
Fed version March 2009 - August 2011: commitment to keep rates
low for an extended period August 2011: explicit calendar guidance (at least
through mid-2013, later shifted backwards) Dec 2012: tied to unemployment rate & inflation
• Unemployment rate 6.5%- inflation max. 2.5%, expect. anchored thresholds, no triggers
June 2013: QE tapering tied to unemployment rate too
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Forward Guidance
Fed tries to convince markets QE tapering has nothing to do with forward guidance FF Possible changes to FG: lower unemployment rate
threshold to 6% and/or floor for inflation (1.5%)
Markets have doubts (see recent curve moves)
ECB & BoE forward guidance lacks credibility
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Fed’s lift-off date
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Fed Funds projections (governors)
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Dec 2014/2015 FF future & increased rate expectations
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VS: Fed funds rate expectations
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Unemployment & participation rate
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Fed projections unemployment rate
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Fed projections GDP growth
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US core inflation
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Time path ST Euribor/Libor3m rates
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Forward Guidance & markets
Shift forward in lift-off date Fed rate change is not completely out of line with Fed guidance
Eco data to remain key Uncertainty high about fundamentals after crisis Quid productivity? Potential growth? Output gap?
Simultaneous shift forward ECB & BoE official rates, even before better eco date
• Signs of normalization after debt crisis to happen faster? • If so, rate hike expectations still too shy
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1994 revisited?
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KBC interest rate forecasts (Aug)
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POLICY RATE 2/sep 3m 6m 12mUS 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25EMU 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
10 YR YIELD 2/sep 3m 6m 12mUS 2.82 2.8 2.8 3.3GE 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.1
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10-year Inflation swaps
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Determining 10-year US T-yield
ECONOMIC DATA
LIFT – OFF DATE
FORWARD GUIDANCE
SLOPE OF OIS CURVE
TERM PREMIUM
QUANTITATIVE EASING
10-YEAR YIELD
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ECB policy
No pre-commitment was guiding principle Inflation objective sacro-saint 2% was the unofficial bottom of rates
Now: refi-rate: 0.5% LTRO loans FA/FF: liquidity enhancing
ECB lost power over money market rate Eonia (& euribor) drop below refi-rate
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ECB historical July decision
New tool: Forward guidance rates will remain ‘at present or lower levels for an extended period of time’ Easing bias: 50 bps is not floor All rates are envisaged: keeps open possibility of neg. deposit rate ECB wants to influence rates further out on the MM curve End of “we never precommit” mantra
“Extended period” should be seen in terms eco data, not calendar dates, but… It suggests no tightening until at least end 2014/mid 2015 Attempt to dissociate ECB policy from Fed policy & European yields from US
ones (success poor in 1994) EMU economy too weak to withstand higher yields Is commitment credible or sounds it hollow?
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Fed leads the way in good & bad days
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EMU: refi-rate expectations (euribor 3m)
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German 10-year yields more upside?
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