# Student Faculty Macro Lunch: “Risk Appetite and Monetary Transmission”

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- **When:** Tue, Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 PM PDT – 1:00 PM PDT
- **Where:** Evans 597, Berkeley
- **Price:** Not stated
- **Organizer:** [Economics](https://eventing.ing/organizers/orgz_1m4v68qxr05sxfchdnjz34)
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Abstract: We construct a new high-frequency measure of risk appetite shifts around Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings, the common component of changes in risk-sensitive indicators. Fed policy actions and communication have substantial effects on risk appetite. Interest-rate surprises explain only about one-fifth of the variation in risk appetite, so most policy-induced changes in risk asset prices are orthogonal to the expected rate path. We therefore use both…

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