Monetary Policy Uncertainty and the Market Reaction to Macroeconomic News

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Alexander Kurov

West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics

Raluca Stan

University of Minnesota - Duluth

Date Written: September 9, 2017

Abstract

We examine whether monetary policy uncertainty influences the reaction of the equity, Treasury security, foreign exchange and crude oil markets, as well as medium-term interest rates, to U.S macroeconomic announcements. Using intraday futures data, we show that in the presence of higher policy uncertainty the response to macroeconomic news weakens in the stock and crude oil markets and strengthens in the Treasury, interest rate and foreign exchange markets. In times of elevated monetary policy uncertainty, macroeconomic announcements impact the financial and crude oil markets to a large extent through expectations of future monetary policy.

Keywords: Monetary policy, Macroeconomic announcements, Financial markets, Intraday data

JEL Classification: E44, E52, E58, F49, G14, G18

Suggested Citation

Kurov, Alexander and Stan, Raluca, Monetary Policy Uncertainty and the Market Reaction to Macroeconomic News (September 9, 2017). Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2776357 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2776357

Alexander Kurov (Contact Author)

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Raluca Stan

University of Minnesota - Duluth ( email )

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Duluth, MN 55812
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