@article {Farka:2013:0003-6846:1287,
title = "The impact of FOMC statements on the volatility of asset prices",
journal = "Applied Economics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/raef",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2013",
volume = "45",
number = "10",
publication date ="2013-04-01T00:00:00",
pages = "1287-1301",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0003-6846",
eissn = "1466-4283",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/raef/2013/00000045/00000010/art00005",
doi = "doi:10.1080/00036846.2011.615732",
keyword = "G12, E58, E65, E52, FOMC statements, interest rate surprises, financial market volatility, G14",
author = "Farka, Mira and Fleissig, Adrian R.",
abstract = "This article examines the impact of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statements on asset prices. Statements are found to have a much more pronounced impact on the volatility of asset prices than interest rate surprises. They influence primarily stock returns, intermediate and long-term
yields, whereas short-term rates are driven both by statements and by interest rate surprises. We also find that the regime shift of May 1999 has improved the effectiveness of monetary policy, as reflected in an overall reduction in market volatility during the most recent regime. In addition,
markets are equally well-prepared for the upcoming rate decision in both regimes, but the process of adjustment depends on whether a statement was issued in the old regime or not. When a statement is issued, price adjustments are very similar across both periods, whereas if no statement is
issued then the rate of adjustment towards the new value is more gradual and occurs throughout the entire intermeeting period.",
}