Impact of US Macroeconomic Surprises on Stock Market Returns in Developed Economies

21 Pages Posted: 14 Jan 2008

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Brian M. Lucey

Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin; Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics; Abu Dhabi University - College of Business Administration; Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance

Ali Nejadmalayeri

University of Wyoming - College of Business

Manohar Singh

Willamette University - Atkinson Graduate School of Management

Date Written: January 2008

Abstract

Macroeconomic conditions are known to affect risks factors and thereby influence asset returns within a given economy. We explore this link in a global setting. Given the dominant role the U.S. economy plays in the global economic environment, U.S. Macro economic shocks are expected to affect asset returns in other countries. The impact should be more pronounced in the developed economies where the U.S. is a large trading and capital-flows partner. Our results shows that residual returns and conditional volatilities in major developed economies are significantly impacted by US macroeconomic surprises. We identify U.S. macro economic shocks that have spillover impact on global asset returns over and above those transmitted through equity market returns. While return levels are significantly influenced by productivity and retail sales surprises, return conditional volatilities are mainly influenced by inflation, personal income, industrial production, leading indicators, and gross domestic product surprises.

Keywords: Macroeconomic Announcements, forecasts, surprises, USA, Europe

JEL Classification: F40, 315

Suggested Citation

Lucey, Brian M. and Nejadmalayeri, Ali and Singh, Manohar, Impact of US Macroeconomic Surprises on Stock Market Returns in Developed Economies (January 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1083656 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1083656

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Manohar Singh

Willamette University - Atkinson Graduate School of Management ( email )

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