Summary of Fmpaf: How Do Fed Chairs Affect the Financial Market? a Fine-grained Monetary Policy Analysis Framework on Their Language, by Yayue Deng et al.
FMPAF: How Do Fed Chairs Affect the Financial Market? A Fine-grained Monetary Policy Analysis Framework on Their Language
by Yayue Deng, Mohan Xu, Yao Tang
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed Fine-Grained Monetary Policy Analysis Framework (FMPAF) integrates large language models with regression analysis to analyze the impact of Federal Reserve chair press-conference communications on financial markets. The framework is designed to capture nuanced information about policy stance contained in nonverbal emotion, which is often overlooked in traditional rule-based or dictionary-based methods. By comparing model performance under different levels of granularity, modalities, and communication scenarios, this study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the influence of central bank communication on financial variables. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The researchers developed a new way to analyze how Federal Reserve chair speeches affect stock prices, interest rates, and exchange rates. They used special language models and statistical methods to understand the meaning behind the words spoken by the Fed chairs. By looking at nonverbal cues like tone of voice and facial expressions, they found that a one-unit increase in sentiment is associated with a 500-basis-point increase in stock prices, a 15-basis-point decrease in interest rates, but no significant change in exchange rates. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Regression
