“The perceived reaction function that we saw at that time was extremely flat… even in May 2021 a half-percent inflation surprise… the two-year rate didn't move.”
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Carolin Pflueger
Odd Lots ·
Carolin Pflueger and co-authors · Odd Lots · Why Treasuries Are 'Risky' Again
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Estimated the perceived reaction function by running a rolling-window regression of short-term yields (e.g., two-year rate) on the inflation surprise on announcement days
“The perceived reaction function that we saw at that time was extremely flat… even in May 2021 a half-percent inflation surprise… the two-year rate didn't move.”
“We ran a regression of the forecasted Fed funds rate onto forecasted inflation and forecasted output relative to potential… on this different data, forward-looking data.”
“The rise in yields is 90% real rates and only 10% inflation expectations”
“The inflation rate is stuck at 3% because we can’t dis-inflate it… we’re not going back to goods deflation.”
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