Some Lessons from the Yield Curve

No 5031, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper reviews the literature on the relation between short- and long-term interest rates. It summarizes the mixed evidence on the expectations hypothesis of the term structure: when long rates are high relative to short rates, short rates tend to rise as implied by the expectations hypothesis, but long rates tend to fall which is contrary to the expectations hypothesis. The paper discusses the response of the U.S. bond market to shifts in monetary policy in the spring of 1994, and reviews the debate over the optimal maturity structure of the U.S. government debt.

JEL-codes: E43 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-02
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Published as Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 9, no. 3, 1995, pp. 129-152

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