Responses of the Stock Market to Macroeconomic Announcements Across Economic States

Author/Editor:

Zuliu Hu ; Li Li

Publication Date:

May 1, 1998

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

Is the stock market responsive to macroeconomic news? This paper employs the daily returns of the Dow Jones Industrial Index, the S&P 500 index, the Russell 1000 index, and the Russell 2000 index to examine stock market reactions to a broad list of macroeconomic announcements, including money supply, inflation, employment, housing starts, and trade balances, etc. Several announcements concerning real economic activity that have received little attention in previous research are shown to have a significant impact on stock prices. The paper also presents preliminary evidence for the different reaction to macroeconomic news by small cap stocks and large cap stocks.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1998/079

Subject:

Asset prices Discount rates Financial markets Financial services Industrial production Inflation Prices Production Stock markets

English

Publication Date:

May 1, 1998

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451850178/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0791998

Pages:

29

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