The US, Economic News, and the Global Financial Cycle /
Boehm, Christoph E.
The US, Economic News, and the Global Financial Cycle / Christoph E. Boehm, T. Niklas Kroner. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w30994 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w30994. .
March 2023.
We provide evidence for a causal link between the US economy and the global financial cycle. Using intraday data, we show that US macroeconomic news releases have large and significant effects on global risky asset prices. Stock price indexes of 27 countries, the VIX, and commodity prices all jump instantaneously upon news releases. The responses of stock indexes co-move across countries and are large--often comparable in size to the response of the S&P 500. Further, US macroeconomic news explains on average 23 percent of the quarterly variation in foreign stock markets. The joint behavior of stock prices, bond yields, and risk premia suggests that systematic US monetary policy reactions to news do not drive the estimated effects. Instead, the evidence points to a direct effect on investors' risk-taking capacity. Our findings show that a byproduct of the United States' central position in the global financial system is that news about its business cycle has large effects on global financial conditions.
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Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Monetary Policy
General
Asset Pricing • Trading Volume • Bond Interest Rates
Information and Market Efficiency • Event Studies • Insider Trading
International Financial Markets
The US, Economic News, and the Global Financial Cycle / Christoph E. Boehm, T. Niklas Kroner. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w30994 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w30994. .
March 2023.
We provide evidence for a causal link between the US economy and the global financial cycle. Using intraday data, we show that US macroeconomic news releases have large and significant effects on global risky asset prices. Stock price indexes of 27 countries, the VIX, and commodity prices all jump instantaneously upon news releases. The responses of stock indexes co-move across countries and are large--often comparable in size to the response of the S&P 500. Further, US macroeconomic news explains on average 23 percent of the quarterly variation in foreign stock markets. The joint behavior of stock prices, bond yields, and risk premia suggests that systematic US monetary policy reactions to news do not drive the estimated effects. Instead, the evidence points to a direct effect on investors' risk-taking capacity. Our findings show that a byproduct of the United States' central position in the global financial system is that news about its business cycle has large effects on global financial conditions.
System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Monetary Policy
General
Asset Pricing • Trading Volume • Bond Interest Rates
Information and Market Efficiency • Event Studies • Insider Trading
International Financial Markets