Artificial Intelligence and Central Bank Communication: The Case of the ECB

Artificial Intelligence and Central Bank Communication: The Case of the ECB

Autor: Mgr. Nicolas Fanta, prof. Roman Horváth Ph.D.
Typ: IES Working Papers
Rok: 2023
Číslo: 29
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Publikováno v: IES Working Papers 29/2023
Místo vydání: Praha
Klíčová slova: Artificial intelligence, central bank communication, monetary policy
JEL kódy: E52, E58
Citace: Fanta N., Horvath R. (2023): " Artificial Intelligence and Central Bank Communication: The Case of the ECB " IES Working Papers 29/2023. IES FSV. Charles University.
Abstrakt: We examine whether artificial intelligence (AI) can decipher European Central Bank’s communication. Employing 1769 inter-meeting verbal communication events of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council members, we construct an AI-based indicator evaluating whether communication is leaning towards easing, tightening or maintaining the monetary policy stance. We find that our AI-based indicator replicates well similar indicators based on human expert judgment but at much higher speed and at much lower costs. Using our AI-based indicator and a number of robustness checks, our regression results show that ECB communication matters for the future monetary policy even after controlling for financial market expectations and lagged monetary policy decisions.
Ke stažení: wp_2023_29_fanta, horvath