The Term Structure of Interest Rates and Monetary Policy During a Zero-Interest-Rate Period /

This paper empirically evaluates the validity of the term structure of interest rates in a low-interest-rate environment. Applying a time-series method to high-frequency Japanese data, the term-structure model is found to be useful for economic analysis only when interest rates are high. When intere...

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Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Nagayasu, Jun
Format: Žurnal
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/208
Online pristup:Full text available on IMF