Term structure dynamics at low and negative interest rates—evidence from Switzerland

Abstract This paper studies the transmission of changes in short-term interest rates to longer-term government bond yields when interest rates are at very low levels or negative. We focus on Switzerland, where short-term interest rates have been at zero since late 2008 and negative since the beginni...

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Main Authors: Christian Grisse, Silvio Schumacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-10-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-018-0022-2