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Has publication of a repo path provided guidance

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  • Luchelle Soobyah
  • Daan Steenkamp

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Since September 2017, the SARB has published a projection of the policy rate (repo) alongside its Monetary Policy statements. We construct measures of monetary policy surprises based on various measures of market expectations of the future level of the policy rate in South Africa. We find that there have been fewer meaningful monetary policy surprises since the publication of the projected policy path. We then test whether this communication has improved how the market incorporates expectations of the policy rate into future interest rates. We find that communication of the SARB projections has improved the markets response to this information. However, policy guidance through the publication of the policy path still plays a relatively limited role in guiding market pricing. We argue there is still room for improvement in the SARBs monetary policy communication by better clarifying the conditionalities associated with the SARBs projections of its future policy path.

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  • Luchelle Soobyah & Daan Steenkamp, 2021. "Has publication of a repo path provided guidance," Occasional Bulletin of Economic Notes 11033, South African Reserve Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:rbz:oboens:11033
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    1. Natvik, Gisle J. & Rime, Dagfinn & Syrstad, Olav, 2020. "Does publication of interest rate paths provide guidance?," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
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