Generating Interest Rate Stress Scenarios

This article describes the use of the Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework to generate stress scenarios for the term structure of the interest rate. By means of principal component analysis it is possible to reduce the dimensions of the problem and create a bridge between the information a specialist posse...

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Main Authors: Mariela Fernández, Alan De Genaro Dario
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Finance 2011-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Finanças
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Online Access:http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rbfin/article/view/2818
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spelling doaj-f0cc4853574d4b5f91b54c21f860b4ef2020-11-25T01:07:21ZengBrazilian Society of FinanceRevista Brasileira de Finanças1679-07311984-51462011-09-0193413436Generating Interest Rate Stress ScenariosMariela FernándezAlan De Genaro DarioThis article describes the use of the Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework to generate stress scenarios for the term structure of the interest rate. By means of principal component analysis it is possible to reduce the dimensions of the problem and create a bridge between the information a specialist possesses for defining scenarios, such information generally being of low dimensions, and the robustness of the HJM model. The methodology is applied to Brazilian Market data during the market meltdown in 2008 and from other occasions.http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rbfin/article/view/2818Heath-Jarrow-MortonTerm Structure of the Interest RateStress TestEvent Risk
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author Mariela Fernández
Alan De Genaro Dario
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Alan De Genaro Dario
Generating Interest Rate Stress Scenarios
Revista Brasileira de Finanças
Heath-Jarrow-Morton
Term Structure of the Interest Rate
Stress Test
Event Risk
author_facet Mariela Fernández
Alan De Genaro Dario
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title Generating Interest Rate Stress Scenarios
title_short Generating Interest Rate Stress Scenarios
title_full Generating Interest Rate Stress Scenarios
title_fullStr Generating Interest Rate Stress Scenarios
title_full_unstemmed Generating Interest Rate Stress Scenarios
title_sort generating interest rate stress scenarios
publisher Brazilian Society of Finance
series Revista Brasileira de Finanças
issn 1679-0731
1984-5146
publishDate 2011-09-01
description This article describes the use of the Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework to generate stress scenarios for the term structure of the interest rate. By means of principal component analysis it is possible to reduce the dimensions of the problem and create a bridge between the information a specialist possesses for defining scenarios, such information generally being of low dimensions, and the robustness of the HJM model. The methodology is applied to Brazilian Market data during the market meltdown in 2008 and from other occasions.
topic Heath-Jarrow-Morton
Term Structure of the Interest Rate
Stress Test
Event Risk
url http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rbfin/article/view/2818
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