Arbeitspapier

Financial market volatility: Informative in predicting recessions

It is commonly agreed that the term spread and stock returns are useful in predicting recessions.We extend these empirical findings by examining interest rate and stock market volatility as additional recession indicators.Both risk-return analysis and the theory of investment under uncertainty provide a rationale for this extension.The results for the United States, Germany and Japan show that interest rate and stock return volatility contribute significantly to the forecasting of future recessions.This holds in particular for short term predictions.

ISBN
951-686-729-4
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bank of Finland Discussion Papers ; No. 14/2001

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
business cycles
stock market volatility
interest rate volatility
probit model

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Annaert, Jan
De Ceuster, Marc J.K.
Valckx, Nico
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Bank of Finland
(where)
Helsinki
(when)
2001

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Annaert, Jan
  • De Ceuster, Marc J.K.
  • Valckx, Nico
  • Bank of Finland

Time of origin

  • 2001

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