The information content of the yield curve for monetary policy: A survey

Economist

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-320

  Berk, Jan Marc ^a  

^a DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Monetary policy; Yield curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006853070     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003201129006     Document Type: Article

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