How the Fed Moves Markets Central Bank Analysis for the Modern Era
Central banks have a profound impact on financial markets, and investors struggle to keep informed about their complex policy decisions. Technological and financial developments have transformed the US Federal Reserve Bank from a financial black box into
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EVAN A. SCHNIDMAN & WILLIAM D. MACMILLAN
How the Fed Moves Markets
How the Fed Moves Markets Central Bank Analysis for the Modern Era
Evan A. Schnidman and William D. MacMillan
HOW THE FED MOVES MARKETS
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables
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Foreword
ix
Introduction
1
PART I 1 2 3 4
Emergence and Evolution: The Story of the Fed
Origins: From Chaos to Structure Independence: Wars, Depression, and Politics Centralization: The Rise of Technocracy Transparency: Data Meets Democracy PART II
9 17 31 39
Fed Watching: Sentiment Analysis and Data-Driven Investing
5 6
The Briefcase Watch: Fed Watching at Its Finest? Data-Driven Fed Watching: Comprehensive, Unbiased, and Quantitative 7 Fixed-Income Investing: Fed Sentiment Drives Bonds 8 Equity Market Investing: Macro Matters 9 Forecasting Policy: Market Response to Fed Communication Trends 10 FOREX Investing: Central Bank Sentiment Data across the Globe
51 59 69 79 89 99
PART III Global Monetary Policy: Analyzing Central Banks around the World 11
ECB Sentiment: Decoding a Complex Monetary Union
115
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12 13 14 15
CONTENTS
BOE Sentiment: The Origin of Modern Central Bank Communications BOJ Sentiment: Monetary Clues in Lost Decades RBA Sentiment: Australia as a Pr
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