Mierzenie ryzyka stóp procentowych: przypadek rynku międzybankowego w Polsce
Interest Rate Risk Measurement: The Polish Interbank Market Case

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an example of the application of different approaches to the measurement of interest rate risk. Empirical analysis described in the article was carried out using data from the Polish interbank market for the period from September 5th, 2000 to November 19th, 2010. Interest rate risk measurement techniques using principal component analysis (PCA) are presented in the article. These techniques, by giving appropriate economic interpretation of each principal component, can also be used in the sensitivity analysis of the portfolio of debt securities to specific interest rate curve movements. The article also discusses the issue of the appropriate selection of scope and range of market data used in the analysis and its possible impact on values and stability of eigenvectors obtained using PCA. Three different hedging strategies were tested in order to check the effectiveness of interest rate risk measurement using PCA, the first based on PCA, the other based on the measures of effective duration, effective convexity, and BPV, the last considered strategy assumed no hedging at all. The results showed no significant differences in the degree of portfolio value protection in case of hedging strategy using PCA and the one based on the measures of effective duration, effective convexity, and BPV.

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