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2005, No. 15
Posted 2005-07-01

Is the Bond Market Irrational?

by Massimo Guidolin

The data suggest that recent volatility in long-term bond markets has been low, between one-half and one-third of historical levels, exactly what one would expect in a framework in which anti-inflationary hikes of Fed target rates cause compensation for risk to be revised downward.