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  • Working Paper No. 1072 December 12, 2024

    Macro-Financial Models of Canadian Dollar Interest Rate Swap Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    This paper analyzes the dynamics of Canadian dollar–denominated (CAD) interest rate swap yields. It applies autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) models, using monthly time series data, to estimate the effects of the current short-term interest rate and other relevant macro-financial variables on interest rate swap yields. It shows that the current short-term interest rate is a […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1051 May 10, 2024

    Euro Interest Rate Swap Yields: Some ARDL Models

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    This paper examines the dynamics of euro-denominated (EUR) long-term interest rate swap yields. It shows that the short-term interest rate has an economically and statistically significant effect on EUR swap yields of different maturity tenors, after controlling for various key macroeconomic variables. It presents several autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) models of the dynamics of EUR […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1048 April 19, 2024

    An Empirical Analysis of Swedish Government Bond Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Mahima Yadav
    Abstract

    This paper econometrically models the dynamics of Swedish government bond (SGB) yields. It examines whether the short-term interest rate has a decisive influence on long-term SGB yields, after controlling for other macroeconomic and financial variables, such as consumer price inflation, the growth of industrial production, the stock price index, the exchange rate of the Swedish […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1044 February 23, 2024

    Empirical Models of Chinese Government Bond Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Shahida Pervin
    Abstract

    This paper econometrically models the dynamics of long-term Chinese government bond (CGB) yields based on key macroeconomic and financial variables. It deploys autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) models to examine whether the short-term interest rate has a decisive influence on the long-term CGB yield, after controlling for various macroeconomic and financial variables, such as inflation or […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1043 February 14, 2024

    Interest Rate Dynamics: An Examination of Mainstream and Keynesian Empirical Studies

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    This paper critically reviews both mainstream and Keynesian empirical studies of interest rate dynamics. It assesses the key findings of a selected number of these studies, surveying the debates between the mainstream and the Keynesian schools. It also explores the debates on interest rate dynamics within the Post Keynesian school of thought. Lastly, the paper […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1034 December 08, 2023

    Euro Interest Rate Swap Yields: A GARCH Analysis

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    This paper models the month-over-month change in euro-denominated (EUR) long-term interest rate swap yields. It shows that the change in the short-term interest rate has an economically and statistically significant effect on the change in EUR swap yields of different maturity tenors, after controlling for various macroeconomic and financial variables, such as the month-over-month change […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1020 June 28, 2023

    The Macrodynamics of Indian Rupee Swap Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    This paper econometrically models the dynamics of Indian rupee (INR) swap yields based on key macroeconomic factors using the autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) approach. It examines whether the short-term interest rate has a decisive influence on long-term INR swap yields after controlling for other factors, such as core inflation, the growth of industrial production, the […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1019 May 08, 2023

    An Inquiry Concerning Japanese Yen Interest Rate Swap Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    This paper econometrically models Japanese yen (JPY)–denominated interest rate swap yields. It examines whether the short-term interest rate exerts an influence on the long-term JPY swap yield after controlling for several key macroeconomic variables, such as core inflation, the growth of industrial production, the percentage change in the equity price index, and the percentage change […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1014 February 16, 2023

    Chinese Yuan Interest Rate Swap Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    This paper models the dynamics of Chinese yuan (CNY)–denominated long-term interest rate swap yields. The financial sector plays a vital role in the Chinese economy, which has grown rapidly in the past several decades. Going forward, interest rate swaps are likely to have an important role in the Chinese financial system. This paper shows that […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1012 December 16, 2022

    An Analysis of UK Swap Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    John Maynard Keynes argued that the central bank influences the long-term interest rate through the effect of its policy rate on the short-term interest rate. However, Keynes's claim was confined to the behavior of the long-term government bond yield. This paper investigates whether Keynes's claim holds for the yields of spread products and over-the-counter financial […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1011 September 27, 2022

    The Dynamics of Monthly Changes in US Swap Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    John Maynard Keynes (1930) asserted that the central bank sways the long-term interest rate through the influence of its policy rate on the short-term interest rate. Recent empirical research shows that Keynes's conjecture holds for long-term Treasury yields in the United States. This paper investigates whether Keynes's conjecture also holds for the monthly changes in […]

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  • Working Paper No. 1008 May 24, 2022

    A GARCH Approach to Modeling Chilean Long-Term Swap Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Khawaja Mamun
    Abstract

    This paper econometrically models the dynamics of the Chilean interbank swap yields based on macroeconomic factors. It examines whether the month-over-month change in the short-term interest rate has a decisive influence on the long-term swap yield after controlling for other factors, such as the change in inflation, change in the growth of industrial production, change […]

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  • Working Paper No. 991 July 12, 2021

    Multifactor Keynesian Models of the Long-Term Interest Rate

    Tanweer Akram
    Abstract

    This paper presents multifactor Keynesian models of the long-term interest rate. In recent years there have been a proliferation of empirical studies based on the Keynesian approach to interest rate modeling. However, standard multifactor models of the long-term interest rate in quantitative finance have not been yet incorporated Keynes’s insights about interest rate dynamics. Keynes’s […]

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  • Working Paper No. 988 June 04, 2021

    A Keynesian Approach to Modeling the Long-Term Interest Rate

    Tanweer Akram
    Abstract

    There are several widely used benchmark models of the long-term interest rate in quantitative finance. However, these models have yet to incorporate Keynes’s valuable insights about interest rate dynamics. The Keynesian approach to interest rate dynamics can be readily incorporated in the benchmark models of the long-term interest rate. This paper modifies several benchmark interest […]

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  • Working Paper No. 984 February 05, 2021

    The Empirics of Long-Term Mexican Government Bond Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Syed Al-Helal Uddin
    Abstract

    This paper presents empirical models of Mexican government bond (MGB) yields based on monthly macroeconomic data. The current short-term interest rate has a decisive influence on MGB yields, after controlling for inflation and growth in industrial production. John Maynard Keynes claimed that government bond yields move in lockstep with the short-term interest rate. The models […]

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  • Working Paper No. 977 November 16, 2020

    A Note Concerning Government Bond Yields

    Tanweer Akram
    Abstract

    This paper relates Keynes’s discussions of money, the state theory of money, financial markets, investors’ expectations, uncertainty, and liquidity preference to the dynamics of government bond yields for countries with monetary sovereignty. Keynes argued that the central bank can influence the long-term interest rate on government bonds and the shape of the yield curve mainly […]

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  • Working Paper No. 969 September 24, 2020

    The Empirics of UK Gilts’ Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Huiqing Li
    Abstract

    This paper analyzes the nominal yields of UK gilt-edged securities (“gilts”) based on a Keynesian perspective, which holds that the short-term interest rate is the primary driver of the long-term interest rate. Quarterly data are used to model gilts’ nominal yields. These models bring to light the complex dynamics relating the nominal yields on gilts […]

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  • Working Paper No. 962 July 14, 2020

    Some Empirical Models of Japanese Government Bond Yields Using Daily Data

    Tanweer Akram, and Huiqing Li
    Abstract

    This paper models the dynamics of Japanese government bond (JGB) nominal yields using daily data. Models of government bond yields based on daily data, such as those presented in this paper, can be useful not only to investors and market analysts, but also to central bankers and other policymakers for assessing financial conditions and macroeconomic […]

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  • Working Paper No. 956 May 19, 2020

    An Empirical Analysis of Long-Term Brazilian Interest Rates

    Tanweer Akram, and Syed Al-Helal Uddin
    Abstract

    This paper empirically models the dynamics of Brazilian government bond (BGB) yields based on monthly macroeconomic data in the context of the evolution of Brazil’s key macroeconomic variables. The results show that the current short-term interest rate has a decisive influence on BGBs’ long-term interest rates after controlling for various key macroeconomic variables, such as […]

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  • Working Paper No. 951 April 10, 2020

    A Simple Model of the Long-Term Interest Rate

    Tanweer Akram
    Abstract

    This paper presents a simple model of the long-term interest rate. The model represents John Maynard Keynes’s conjecture that the central bank’s actions influence the long-term interest rate primarily through the short-term interest rate, while allowing for other important factors. It relies on the geometric Brownian motion to formally model Keynes’s conjecture. Geometric Brownian motion […]

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  • Working Paper No. 944 January 16, 2020

    The Empirics of Canadian Government Securities Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Anupam Das
    Abstract

    Keynes argued that the short-term interest rate is the main driver of the long-term interest rate. This paper empirically models the relationship between short-term interest rates and long-term government securities yields in Canada, after controlling for other important financial variables. The statistical analysis uses high-frequency daily data from 1990 to 2018. It applies both the […]

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  • Working Paper No. 938 October 15, 2019

    The Impact of the Bank of Japan’s Monetary Policy on Japanese Government Bonds’ Low Nominal Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Huiqing Li
    Abstract

    Nominal yields for Japanese government bonds (JGBs) have been remarkably low for several decades. Japanese government debt ratios have continued to increase amid a protracted period of stagnant nominal GDP, low inflation, and deflationary pressures. Many analysts are puzzled by the phenomenon of JGBs’ low nominal yields because Japanese government debt ratios are elevated. However, […]

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  • Working Paper No. 934 August 22, 2019

    An Analysis of the Daily Changes in US Treasury Security Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Anupam Das
    Abstract

    This paper analyzes the dynamics of long-term US Treasury security yields from a Keynesian perspective using daily data. Keynes held that the short-term interest rate is the main driver of the long-term interest rate. In this paper, the daily changes in long-term Treasury security yields are empirically modeled as a function of the daily changes […]

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  • Working Paper No. 910 August 21, 2018

    Australian Government Bonds’ Nominal Yields

    Tanweer Akram, and Anupam Das
    Abstract

    The short-term interest rate is the main driver of the Commonwealth of Australia government bonds’ nominal yields. This paper empirically models the dynamics of government bonds’ nominal yields using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach. Keynes held that the central bank exerts decisive influence on government bond yields because the central bank’s policy rate and […]

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