Since these codes were written using a previous version of Matlab, version 2008 it is possible that some of the functions nolonger runs. Please send me an email if you encounter problems.
- A zip file containing code and data from my book:
Strategic Asset Allocation in Fixed Income Markets: A Matlab based guide
- Code to perform spillover analysis following the Diebold-Yilmaz approach:
I derive an arbitrage-free four-factor term structure model that facilitates direct parameterization of the short-term interest rate process. The interplay between macroeconomic variables and the term structure via a monetary policy reaction function, in the spirit of Taylor(1993), is therefore directly supported. I show that the proposed model is a constrained member of the canonical GDTSM family proposed by Joslin, Singleton and Zhu(2011). The model's loading structure bears close resemblance to that of the Svensson and Soderlind (1997) model, but it relies only on a single non-linear shape parameter, and the model is therefore easy to estimate. An empirical application to US data covering the period from 1961 to 2017 demonstrates that the proposed model fits yields well, and that an embedded policy rule, including industrial production and the inflation rate, is statistically significant and economically meaningful during this time-period.
Note that this code may run a bit slow because it calculates spillovers for both Cholesky and Generalised FEVDs.
- Some code that can be used to fit the Smith-Wilson yield curve mode:
I implemented the Smith-Wilson model while I was working for EIOPA. However, please note that the code made available here is not identical to that currently used by EIOPA to produce risk free discount curves.
- A short summary on how to fit a yield curve to bond data using MATLAB's Financial Instruments Toolbox:
- Comparing Orthogonalised and Generalised Impulse Response Functions:
- Yield curve projections that are guaranteed to pass through future pre-specified yield curve fix-points (and the dynamic Nelson-Siegel model estimated with OLS and MATLAB's state-space toolbox):
- A term structure modelling class programmed in MATLAB. It facilitates estimation of several yield curve models (e.g. dynamic Nelson-Siegel, Svensson-Soderlind, and JSZ). The term structure of term premia are also calculated. An example file is included to illustrate how to use the code, and background documentation is added as well.
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Ken Nyholm (c) - Updated January 2022