ECB communication and its impact on financial markets
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Issue Date
3-Oct-2024
Physical description
52 p.
Abstract
Este documento introduce la Base de Datos de Estudio de Eventos de Comunicación del Área del Euro (EA-CED, por sus siglas en inglés), un nuevo conjunto de datos que rastrea los movimientos del mercado financiero alrededor de las reuniones del Consejo de Gobierno del BCE (CG) y la comunicación entre reuniones (IMC, por sus siglas en inglés). La EA-CED contiene los cambios intradía (del período entre 1999 y 2024) en las variables financieras del área del euro en torno a 304 anuncios de políticas del CG del BCE y alrededor de 4.400 eventos de IMC, siendo estos últimos principalmente discursos y entrevistas. Documentamos varios hallazgos empíricos nuevos sobre el impacto de la IMC en los mercados financieros. Primero, mostramos que muchos eventos de IMC están asociados con movimientos significativos del mercado, a menudo de magnitud similar o mayor que los anuncios de políticas del BCE, particularmente para rendimientos a más largo plazo. Los efectos significativos no se limitan a la comunicación del Presidente del BCE, sino que se extienden a otros miembros del Consejo de Gobierno. Segundo, la importancia de la IMC varía con el tiempo, alcanzando su punto máximo en los ciclos de endurecimiento, especialmente durante 2022-2023. Tercero, de manera similar a los anuncios del CG del BCE, los eventos de IMC transmiten información multidimensional y generan sorpresas relacionadas con la trayectoria de la política monetaria y el estado de la economía.
This paper presents the Euro Area Communication Event-Study Database (EA-CED), a new dataset that tracks financial market movements around ECB Governing Council meetings (GC) and inter-meeting communication (IMC). Covering the period from 1999 to 2024, the EA-CED contains intraday changes in euro area financial variables around the time of 304 ECB GC policy announcements and 4,400 IMC events, consisting mainly of speeches and interviews. We document several new empirical findings on the impact of IMC on financial markets. First, we show that many IMC events are associated with significant market movements, often of similar or larger magnitude than those associated with ECB policy announcements, particularly for yields at longer maturities. Significant effects are not limited to communication from the ECB’s President but extend to other members of the Governing Council. Second, the importance of IMC varies over time, peaking around tightening cycles, particularly in 2022-2023. Third, like ECB GC announcements, IMC events convey multi-dimensional information and lead to surprises regarding the path of monetary policy and the state of the economy.
This paper presents the Euro Area Communication Event-Study Database (EA-CED), a new dataset that tracks financial market movements around ECB Governing Council meetings (GC) and inter-meeting communication (IMC). Covering the period from 1999 to 2024, the EA-CED contains intraday changes in euro area financial variables around the time of 304 ECB GC policy announcements and 4,400 IMC events, consisting mainly of speeches and interviews. We document several new empirical findings on the impact of IMC on financial markets. First, we show that many IMC events are associated with significant market movements, often of similar or larger magnitude than those associated with ECB policy announcements, particularly for yields at longer maturities. Significant effects are not limited to communication from the ECB’s President but extend to other members of the Governing Council. Second, the importance of IMC varies over time, peaking around tightening cycles, particularly in 2022-2023. Third, like ECB GC announcements, IMC events convey multi-dimensional information and lead to surprises regarding the path of monetary policy and the state of the economy.
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Documentos de Trabajo / Banco de España, 2431
Subjects
Política monetaria; BCE; Comunicación de política monetaria; Mercados financieros; Identificación de alta frecuencia; Área del euro; Monetary policy; ECB; Communication; Financial markets; Euro area
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