Deflation Risk

Matthias Fleckenstein, Francis Longstaff and Hanno Lustig

No 19238, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We study the nature of deflation risk by extracting the objective distribution of inflation from the market prices of inflation swaps and options. We find that the market expects inflation to average about 2.5 percent over the next 30 years. Despite this, the market places substantial probability weight on deflation scenarios in which prices decline by more than 10 to 20 percent over extended horizons. We find that the market prices the economic tail risk of de- flation very similarly to other types of tail risks such as catastrophic insurance losses. In contrast, inflation tail risk has only a relatively small premium. De- flation risk is also significantly linked to measures of financial tail risk such as swap spreads, corporate credit spreads, and the pricing of super senior tranches. These results indicate that systemic financial risk and deflation risk are closely related.

JEL-codes: E31 G13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-07
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Published as Matthias Fleckenstein & Francis A. Longstaff & Hanno Lustig, 2017. "Deflation Risk," The Review of Financial Studies, vol 30(8), pages 2719-2760.

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