Hans Dewachter
;
Leonardo Iania
;
Marco Lyrio

information in the yield curve: a macro-finance approach (replication data)

We use a macro-finance model, incorporating macroeconomic and financial factors, to study the term premium in the US bond market. Estimating the model using Bayesian techniques, we find that a single factor explains most of the variation in bond risk premiums. Furthermore, the model-implied risk premiums account for up to 40% of the variability of one- and two-year excess returns. Using the model to decompose yield spreads into an expectations and a term premium component, we find that, although this decomposition does not seem important to forecast economic activity, it is crucial to forecast inflation for most forecasting horizons.

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Dewachter, Hans; Iania, Leonardo; Lyrio, Marco (2014): INFORMATION IN THE YIELD CURVE: A MACRO-FINANCE APPROACH (replication data). Version: 1. Journal of Applied Econometrics. Dataset. http://dx.doi.org/10.15456/jae.2022321.0712934710