The predictive power of the term structure of interest rates in Europe and the United States: Implications for the European Central Bank

European Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1375-1401

  Estrella, Arturo ^a   Mishkin, Frederic S ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Inflation; Monetary policy; Term structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001119285     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(96)00050-5     Document Type: Article

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