(1) Department of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, The Fogelman College of Business and Economics, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152;(2) Department of Economics and Business, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 38112;(3) Finance and Business Law Department, College of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, WI, 53190
Abstract:
This study investigates the presence of information risk in two closely linked interest rate securities traded in separate markets: the nominal interest rate observed in the Treasury bond market and the real interest rate observed in the relatively new Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) market. We find that information flows unilaterally from the Treasury bond market to the TIPS market with a one-day lag. The information risk arising from asymmetric information flows may cause less informed traders to demand a higher rate of return (OHara, 2003). Our study provides an empirical explanation of why the TIPS yield has been relatively high throughout its nascent trading history.
Hara, 2003). Our study provides an empirical explanation of why the TIPS yield has been relatively high throughout its nascent trading history.