• Title of article

    Identifying theinterdependencebetweenUSmonetarypolicy and thestockmarket$

  • Author/Authors

    Hilde C.Bj?rnland، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    275
  • To page
    282
  • Abstract
    WeestimatetheinterdependencebetweenUSmonetarypolicyandtheS&P500using structuralvectorautoregressive(VAR)methodology.Asolutionisproposedtothe simultaneityproblemofidentifyingmonetaryandstockpriceshocksbyusinga combinationofshort-runandlong-runrestrictionsthatmaintainsthequalitative properties ofamonetarypolicyshockfoundintheestablishedliterature[Christiano,L.J., Eichenbaum,M.,Evans,C.L.,1999.Monetarypolicyshocks:whathavewelearnedandto what end?In:Taylor,J.B.,Woodford,M.(Eds.),HandbookofMacroeconomics,vol.1A. Elsevier,NewYork,pp.65–148].Wefindgreatinterdependencebetweentheinterest ratesettingandrealstockprices.Realstockpricesimmediatelyfallbyseventonine percent duetoamonetarypolicyshockthatraisesthefederalfundsrateby100basis points.Astockpriceshockincreasingrealstockpricesbyonepercentleadstoan increase intheinterestrateofcloseto4basispoints.
  • Keywords
    VARMonetary policyAsset pricesIdentification
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846291