Download or read book Does the Clarity of Inflation Reports Affect Volatility in Financial Markets? written by Mr.Ales Bulir and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We study whether clarity of central bank inflation reports affects return volatility in financial markets. We measure clarity of reports by the Czech National Bank, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and Sveriges Riksbank using the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, a standard readability measure. We find some evidence, mainly for the euro area, of a negative relationship between clarity and market volatility prior to and during the early stage of the global financial crisis. As the crisis unfolded, there is no longer robust evidence of a negative connection. We conclude that reducing noise using clear reports is possible but not without challenges, especially in times of crisis.