What Moves Markets?
87 Pages Posted: 5 Oct 2021 Last revised: 6 Mar 2023
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What Moves Markets?
What Moves Markets?
Date Written: March 3, 2023
Abstract
What share of asset price movements is driven by news? To find out, we combine continuous high-frequency asset price changes with a large, time-stamped event database that covers scheduled macro news as well as unscheduled events. We find that about half of all bond and stock price movements in the US and euro area occur around clearly identifiable news events, suggesting a larger role for observable macro news in driving asset prices than previously thought. Moreover, we provide stylized facts about the type of news that matter most for asset prices, the persistence of news effects, and spillover effects between the US and euro area.
Keywords: Macro news; Asset prices; High-Frequency Identification; Event Database
JEL Classification: E43; E44; G12; G14
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