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Deconstructing the yield curve
We introduce a novel nonparametric bootstrap for the nominal yield curve which is agnostic to the true factor structure. We deconstruct the yield curve into primitive objects, with weak cross-sectional and time-series dependence, which serve as building blocks for resampling the data. We analyze the asymptotic and finite-sample properties of the bootstrap for mimicking salient features of the data and conducting inference on bond return predictability. We demonstrate the applicability of our results to: the “tent shape” in forward rates, regression tests of the expectations hypothesis, ...
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Term Structure of Interest Rates with Short-run and Long-run Risks
Bond returns are time-varying and predictable. What economic forces drive this variation? To answer this long-standing question, we propose a consumption-based model with recursive preferences, long-run risks, and inflation non-neutrality. Our model offers two important insights. First, our model matches well the post-1990 nominal upward-sloping U.S. Treasury yield curve. Second, consistent with our model's implication, variance risk premium based on the U.S. interest rate derivatives data emerges as a strong predictor for short-horizon Treasury excess returns, above and beyond the predictive ...
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Stock-Bond Return Correlation, Bond Risk Premium Fundamentals, and Fiscal-Monetary Policy Regime
We incorporate regime switching between monetary and fiscal policies in a general equilibrium model to explain three stylized facts: (1) the positive stock-bond return correlation from 1971 to 2000 and the negative one after 2000, (2) the negative correlation between consumption and inflation from 1971 to 2000 and the positive one after 2000, and (3) the coexistence of positive bond risk premiums and the negative stock-bond return correlation. We show that two distinctive shocks—the technology and investment shocks—drive positive and negative stock-bond return correlations under two ...