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Unconventional Monetary Policy and Asset Price Risk

By Shaun K. Roache, Marina V Rousset

August 30, 2013

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Shaun K. Roache, and Marina V Rousset. Unconventional Monetary Policy and Asset Price Risk, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed November 8, 2024
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Summary

We examine the effects of unconventional monetary policy (UMP) events in the United States on asset price risk using risk-neutral density functions estimated from options prices. Based on an event study including a key exchange rate, an equity index, and five commodities, we find that “tail risk” diminishes in the immediate aftermath of UMP events, particularly downside left tail risk. We also find that QE1 and QE3 had stronger effects than QE2. We conclude that UMP events that serve to ease policies can help to bolster market confidence in times of high uncertainty.

Subject: Asset prices, Commodity prices, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Foreign exchange, Futures, Monetary policy, Options, Prices, Unconventional monetary policies

Keywords: Asset prices, Central Banks and their Policies, Commodity prices, Event price distribution, Event Studies, Exchange rates, Exercise price, FOMC asset purchase announcement, Futures Pricing, Global, Monetary policy, Option Pricing, Options, Price characteristic, U.S. dollar, Unconventional monetary policies, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    26

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2013/190

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2013190

  • ISBN:

    9781484383230

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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