The TIPS yield curve and inflation compensation

dc.citation.epage92en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.spage70en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber2en_US
dc.contributor.authorGürkaynak, R. S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSack, B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWright, J. H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T11:59:08Z
dc.date.available2015-07-28T11:59:08Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.description.abstractFor over ten years, the Treasury has issued index-linked debt. This paper describes the methodology for fitting a smoothed yield curve to these securities that is used at the Federal Reserve Board every day, and makes the estimates public. Comparison with the corresponding nominal yield curve allows measures of inflation compensation to be computed. We discuss the interpretation of inflation compensation, and provide evidence that it is not a pure measure of inflation expectations being distorted by inflation risk premium and liquidity premium components. We attempt to estimate the TIPS liquidity premium and to extract underlying inflation expectations. (JEL E31, E43, H63)en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1257/mac.2.1.70en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1945-7715
dc.identifier.issn1945-7707
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/11870
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Associationen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1257/mac.2.1.70en_US
dc.source.titleAmerican Economic Journal : Macroeconomicsen_US
dc.subjectBond pricesen_US
dc.subjectLiquidityen_US
dc.subjectForecasten_US
dc.subjectMarketen_US
dc.titleThe TIPS yield curve and inflation compensationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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