01609cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000587 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451975192 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Anticipation and Surprises in Central Bank Interest Rate Policy : The Case of the Bundesbank. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (28 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Market reaction to a change in official interest rates will depend on the extent to which the change is anticipated, and on how it is interpreted as a signal of future policy. In this paper, a technique is developed to separate the anticipated and unanticipated components of such changes and is applied to estimate the response of Euro-deutsch mark interest rates to adjustments in the Bundesbank's Lombard and discount rates. The results shed light on the efficiency of this market and on the scope for policy signaling by the central bank. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/043 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1998/043/001.1998.issue-043-en.xml IMF e-Library