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A yield-macro model for actuarial use in the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2014

Şule Şahin ,
Andrew J.G. Cairns ,
Torsten Kleinow  and
A. David Wilkie
Şule Şahin*
Affiliation:
Department of Actuarial Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
Andrew J.G. Cairns
Affiliation:
Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt University and Maxwell Institute, EH14 4AS Edinburgh, UK
Torsten Kleinow
Affiliation:
Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt University and Maxwell Institute, EH14 4AS Edinburgh, UK
A. David Wilkie
Affiliation:
Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt University and Maxwell Institute, EH14 4AS Edinburgh, UK
*
*Correspondence to: Şule Şahin, Department of Actuarial Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 3122976160; Fax: +90 2977998/142; E-mail: sule@hacettepe.edu.tr
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Abstract

We construct yield curve models for the UK nominal, real and implied inflation spot rates considering the linkage between their term structures and some macroeconomic variables, in particular, realised inflation and real GDP growth. The paper extends the benchmark “yield-only” model proposed by Şahin et al. (2014) by exploring the bidirectional relations between the yield curve factors and the macroeconomic variables and proposes a “yield-macro” model. Although a simple autoregressive order one process fits the yield curve factors quite well the insertion of some macroeconomic variables such as realised inflation and real GDP growth improves the models significantly. We also model macroeconomic variables that take the term structures into account and compare the yield-macro model with Wilkie’s model both philosophically and empirically.

Keywords

Term structureyield curveimplied inflationWilkie modelUK

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Annals of Actuarial Science , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , September 2014 , pp. 320 - 350
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© Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 2014 

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