Macroeconomic News and Stock Returns in the United States and Germany /

Using daily data for the January 1997 to June 2002 period, we analyze the impact of a broad set of macroeconomic news on stock prices in the United States and Germany. With GARCH specifications we test five hypotheses and find that news on real economic activity has a significant impact on stock pri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Funke, Norbert
Other Authors: Matsuda, Akimi
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/239
Online Access:Full text available on IMF