摘要:In its Monthly Bulletin of November 2002, the European Central Bank (ECB) stated
that the monthly press conference held by its President represents one of its
most important communication channels and that it provides a comprehensive
summary of the policy relevant assessment of economic developments. After
providing a glossary to translate the qualitative information of the press
conferences into an ordered scale, we verify empirically whether and to what
extent market expectations react to the information released by the ECB. We
found that the public not only understand but also believe the signals sent by
the European monetary authority.