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title: Perceived Monetary Policy Rules: Evidence from Professional Forecasters in Australia
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/adl-wpaper-2026-02/
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updated: 2026-10-09
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: RePEc:adl:wpaper:2026-02
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:adl:wpaper:2026-02
featured: 2026-10-09
citations: unknown
topic: Econometrics & Forecasting
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# Perceived Monetary Policy Rules: Evidence from Professional Forecasters in Australia

Time-varying beliefs about the central bank's reaction function collapsed at the zero bound and rose only after observed tightening, not from guidance alone.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:adl:wpaper:2026-02
- Identifier: RePEc:adl:wpaper:2026-02
- Released: 2026-10-05
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 134 (2026-10-09): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-09/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Econometrics & Forecasting
- Authors: Jonathan Hambur, Qazi Haque

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