Furor over the Fed : presidential tweets and central bank independents / by Antoine Camous and Dmitry Matveev.: FB3-7/2019-33E-PDF

"We illustrate how market data can be informative about the interactions between monetary and fiscal policy. Federal funds futures are private contracts that reflect investor’s expectations about monetary policy decisions. By relating price movements of these contracts with President Trump’s tweets on monetary policy, we explore how markets have perceived presidential attempts to influence monetary policy decisions. Overall, our results indicate markets expected the Federal Reserve to adjust monetary policy in the direction suggested by President Trump"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency Bank of Canada.
Title Furor over the Fed : presidential tweets and central bank independents / by Antoine Camous and Dmitry Matveev.
Series title Staff analytical note = Note analytique du personnel, 2369-9639 ; 2019-33
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references (page 24).
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, 2019.
©2019
Author / Contributor Camous, Roger, author.
Description 1 online resource (ii, 24 pages)
Catalogue number
  • FB3-7/2019-33E-PDF
Subject terms Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Language.
Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Langage.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (É.-U.)
Monetary policy -- United States.
Politique monétaire -- États-Unis.
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