The Impact of Macroeconomic News on Quote Adjustments, Noise, and Informational Volatility

Hautsch, Nikolaus; Hess, Dieter; Veredas, David

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1343297

The Impact of Macroeconomic News on Quote Adjustments, Noise, and Informational Volatility

44 Pages Posted: 16 Feb 2009 Last revised: 31 Mar 2012

Nikolaus Hautsch

University of Vienna - Department of Statistics and Operations Research; Center for Financial Studies (CFS); Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF)

Dieter Hess

University of Cologne - Department of Corporate Finance; University of Cologne - Centre for Financial Research (CFR)

David Veredas

Vlerick Business School

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Date Written: January 17, 2010

Abstract

We study the impact of the arrival of macroeconomic news on the informational and noise-driven components in high-frequency quote processes and their conditional variances. Bid and ask returns are decomposed into a common (''efficient return'') factor and two market-side-specific components capturing market microstructure effects. The corresponding variance components reflect information-driven and noise-induced volatilities. We find that all volatility components reveal distinct dynamics and are positively influenced by news. The proportion of noise-induced variances is highest before announcements and significantly declines thereafter. Moreover, news-affected responses in all volatility components are influenced by order flow imbalances.

Keywords: Efficient return, macroeconomic announcements, microstructure noise, informational volatility

JEL Classification: C32, G14, E44

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Hautsch, Nikolaus and Hess, Dieter and Veredas, David, The Impact of Macroeconomic News on Quote Adjustments, Noise, and Informational Volatility (January 17, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1343297 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1343297