Real Term Structure and Inflation Compensation in the Euro Area

Marcello Pericoli

International Journal of Central Banking, 2014, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-42

Abstract: This paper estimates the term structure of zero-coupon real interest rates for the euro area implied by French indexlinked bonds with a smoothing spline methodology, which is very effective in capturing the general shape of the real term structure, while smoothing through idiosyncratic variations in the yields. A comparison shows that the chosen spline outperforms other methodologies commonly used in the literature across several dimensions. The paper also estimates a liquidity-adjusted nominal term structure to compute the constant-maturity inflation compensation. This compensation is compared with the surveyed inflation expectation in order to obtain a measure of the inflation risk premium in the euro area during the last decade.

JEL-codes: C02 G10 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: Real term structure and inflation compensation in the euro area (2012)
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