The international spillover effects of US monetary policy uncertainty

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lakdawala, Aeimit; Moreland, Timothy; Schaffer, Matthew
• 署名单位: Wake Forest University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Greensboro
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2021.103525
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: Monetary policy uncertainty; International spillover; International portfolio balance; Flight to safety

摘要

An extensive literature studies the international transmission of US monetary policy surprises (shifts in expected path of the policy rate). In this paper we show that changes in uncertainty around the expected path constitute an important additional dimension of spillover effects to global bond yields. In advanced countries, it is the term premium component of yields that responds to uncertainty. We find that this can be explained by an international portfolio balance mechanism. In contrast, for emerging countries it is the expected component of yields that reacts to uncertainty. This can be rationalized from a flight to safety channel. We find heterogeneity in the country-level response to uncertainty only in emerging countries and it is driven by the degree of financial openness. Finally, equity markets in both advanced and emerging countries also respond to US monetary policy uncertainty. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.