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0861 |aFB3-2/99-15E
1102 |aBank of Canada.
24514|aThe information content of interest rate futures options / |cby Des Mc Manus.
260 |aOttawa - Ontario : |bBank of Canada |c1999.
300 |av, 46p. : |bgraphs, tables ; |c28 cm.
4901 |aWorking paper|x1192-5434|v99-15
500 |a"Options prices are being increasingly employed to extract market expectations and views about monetary policy. In this paper, eurodollar options are monitored to examine the evolution of market sentiment over the possible future values of eurodollar rates. Risk-neutral probability functions are employed to synopsize the information contained in the prices of euro/dollar futures options. Several common methods of estimating risk-neutral probability density functions are examined. A method based on a mixture of lognormals density is found to rank first and a method based on a Hermite polynomial approximation is found to rank second. Several standard summary statistics are also examined, namely volatility, skewness, and kurtosis. The volatility measure is fairly robust across methods, while the skewness and kurtosis measure are model-sensitive. As an example, the days surrounding the September 1998 Federal Open Market Committee are examined."--Abstract.
504 |aBibliography.
5203 |aOptions prices are being increasingly employed to extract market expectations and views about monetary policy. In this paper, eurodollar options are monitored to examine the evolution of market sentiment over the possible future values of eurodollar rates. Risk-neutral probability functions are employed to synopsize the information contained in the prices of euro/dollar futures options. Several common methods of estimating risk-neutral probability density functions are examined. A method based on a mixture of lognormals density is found to rank first and a method based on a Hermite polynomial approximation is found to rank second. Several standard summary statistics are also examined, namely volatility, skewness, and kurtosis. The volatility measure is fairly robust across methods, while the skewness and kurtosis measure are model-sensitive. As an example, the days surrounding the September 1998 Federal Open Market Committee are examined.--Abstract
546 |aRésumés en français
563 |aSoftcover
590 |a99-41|b1999-10-15
69007|aInterest rates|2gcpds
69007|aMarkets|2gcpds
7201 |aMc Manus, Des
7760#|tThe information content of interest rate futures options / |w(CaOODSP)9.571699
830#0|aWorking paper,|x1192-5434|v99-15|w(CaOODSP)9.514622