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		| Michael R Frenkel and Jan C Rülke | 
	
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		| ''Is the ECB's monetary benchmark still alive?'' | 
	
		| ( 2013, Vol. 33 No.2 ) | 
	
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		| We develop a simple test to show that the ECB's monetary benchmark serves as an anchor for financial markets. This result is more pronounced for the financial crisis 2007-2009 and when looking at
longer-term forecasts. However, for non-EMU forecasters we do not
find an anchoring effect. | 
	
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		| Keywords: E43; E47; E44 | 
	
		| JEL: E4 - Money and Interest Rates: General E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Oct 25 2012 |  | Manuscript Accepted : May 18 2013 | 
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