Predicting monetary policy with federal funds futures prices

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 377-391

  Söderström, Ulf ^a  

^a SVERIGES RIKSBANK   (Sweden)

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EID: 0035581416     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9934(200104)21:4<377::AID-FUT4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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