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A Regime-Switching NelsonSiegel Term Structure Model and Interest Rate Forecasts

A Regime-Switching NelsonSiegel Term Structure Model and Interest Rate Forecasts This article presents a dynamic NelsonSiegel term structure model subject to regime shifts. To estimate the model, we introduce the reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo method, which allows jumps between the one-, two-, and three-regime models. The empirical results support the two-regime NelsonSiegel term structure model. The empirical results also suggest that the regime-switching NelsonSiegel term structure model forecasts better out-of-sample than the single-regime NelsonSiegel model and other competing models. In addition, our economic analysis is favorable to the better forecasting performance of the regime-switching NelsonSiegel model. Using the Diebold-Li bond yields, we find that the better forecasting performance is robust. Finally, two regimes are found to be related to business cycle conditions and monetary policy. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Financial Econometrics Oxford University Press

A Regime-Switching NelsonSiegel Term Structure Model and Interest Rate Forecasts

Journal of Financial Econometrics , Volume 11 (3) – Jun 21, 2013

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Oxford University Press
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The Author, 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
ISSN
1479-8409
eISSN
1479-8417
DOI
10.1093/jjfinec/nbs021
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Abstract

This article presents a dynamic NelsonSiegel term structure model subject to regime shifts. To estimate the model, we introduce the reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo method, which allows jumps between the one-, two-, and three-regime models. The empirical results support the two-regime NelsonSiegel term structure model. The empirical results also suggest that the regime-switching NelsonSiegel term structure model forecasts better out-of-sample than the single-regime NelsonSiegel model and other competing models. In addition, our economic analysis is favorable to the better forecasting performance of the regime-switching NelsonSiegel model. Using the Diebold-Li bond yields, we find that the better forecasting performance is robust. Finally, two regimes are found to be related to business cycle conditions and monetary policy.

Journal

Journal of Financial EconometricsOxford University Press

Published: Jun 21, 2013

Keywords: JEL C5 E47 G12

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