On Stock Market Returns and Monetary Policy

Willem Thorbecke

Macroeconomics from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Boudoukh, Richardson, and Whitelaw (BRW) presented theoretical and empirical evidence explaining the expected inflation/stock return correlation. In concluding they stated that whether monetary policy has real effects is an open question. This paper addresses this question by examining how BRW's industry stock return data respond to monetary policy shocks. Monetary policy is measured by innovations in the federal funds rate and nonborrowed reserves, by narrative indicators, and by an event study of Federal Reserve policy changes. In every case the evidence indicates that expansionary policy increases ex-post stock returns. Results from estimating a multi-factor model also indicate that exposure to monetary policy increases an asset's ex-ante return.

JEL-codes: E (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 1998-12-15
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Note: Type of Document - Acrobat PDF; prepared on IBM PC; to print on PostScript; pages: 35; figures: included
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Journal Article: On Stock Market Returns and Monetary Policy (1997)
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