Indian G-Sec Market II: Anatomy of Short Rates

Das, Rituparna (2010): Indian G-Sec Market II: Anatomy of Short Rates.

Abstract

This paper demonstrates how, without mechanically applying any formula like Nelson-Siegel or Nelson-Siegel-Svensson straight cut, a short term yield curve can intuitively be constructed with traded securities and then plugging the gaps with regression and cubic splines on case by case basis, which contains market information and gives enough room to scenario analysis for designing portfolio strategies. Opportunity of short run arbitrage is found non-existent. In terms of further research there is scope of running time series regression of short rates on 3 month MIBOR and one dummy variable for the news of RBI’s auction of dated securities. The patterns of spot rates, forward rates and par rates are similarly flat because the market participants seem not take any trade decisions on the eve of RBI auction and inflationary information content.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: yield curve, term structure, treasury bill, dated security, short rate, spot rate, par yield, forward rate
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E43 - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects; G - Financial Economics > G0 - General; G - Financial Economics > G0 - General > G00 - General

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