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The information content of the yield curve

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  • Hans-Jürg Büttler

    (Swiss National Bank; Department of Economics, University of Zurich)

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  • Hans-Jürg Büttler, 2002. "The information content of the yield curve," BIS Papers chapters, in: Bank for International Settlements (ed.), Market functioning and central bank policy, volume 12, pages 298-328, Bank for International Settlements.
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