Many studies have observed the leading indicator property of the term spread (LIPTS), which indicates that the term spread\the difference between long- and short-term interest rates\has information on future economic conditions. We examine whether this property is related to monetary policy or...

Many studies have observed the leading indicator property of the term spread (LIPTS), which indicates that the term spread\the difference between long- and short-term interest rates\ has the information on future economic conditions. We examine whether this property is related to the monetary...

This paper examines the relationship between the stability of the monetary policy reaction function and that of the predictive power of the yield spread for future economic activity using Japanese quarterly data between 1982:3 and 2005:2. We find that four structural changes occurred in the...