Publication details
THE RELATIONSHIP OF BOND YIELD CURVES AND GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH IN SCANDINAVIA
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of 4th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2017 |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2017/13 |
| Field | Management and administrative |
| Keywords | GDP prediction; yield curve; slope; spread |
| Description | The steepness of the bond yield curve should be an excellent indicator of a possible future economic activity. A rise in the short rate tends to flatten the yield curve as well as to slow down real growth the near term. The relationship between the spread and future GDP activity was proved already before. This paper aims to analyse the dependence between slope of the yield curve and an economic activity of selected countries between the years 2000 and 2016. The slope of the yield curve can be measured as the yield spread between sovereign 10-year and 3-month bonds. The natural and probably the most popular measure of economic growth is by GDP growth, taken quarterly. The results showed that the best predictive lags are lag of four and five quarters. The results presented also confirm that 10-year and 3-month yield spread has significant predictive power to real GDP growth after financial crisis. These findings can be beneficial for investors and provide further evidence of the potential usefulness of the yield curve spreads as indicators of the future economic activity. |
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