Announcements and the effectiveness of monetary policy: A view from the US prime rate

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2253-2266

  Kobayashi, Teruyoshi ^a  

^a CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Federal funds rate; Menu costs; Policy transmission; Prime rate; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349495856     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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