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A reexamination of market returns, discount rate changes, and market efficiency

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This paper examines stock market reaction to Federal Reserve discount rate change announcements. By using hourly data, I am able to demonstrate that market reaction occurs only in the hour of announcement and only for those announcements that contain new information regarding macroeconomic policy. These results are robust even under the pre-1979 Federal funds rate-targeting policy contrary to the findings of Smirlock and Yawitz (1985).

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  • May, Don O., 1992. "A reexamination of market returns, discount rate changes, and market efficiency," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 545-553.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jmacro:v:14:y:1992:i:3:p:545-553
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    1. Hardy, Daniel C., 1996. "Market reaction to changes in German official interest rates," Discussion Paper Series 1: Economic Studies 1996,04, Deutsche Bundesbank.
    2. Reinhart, Vincent & Simin, Timothy, 1997. "The market reaction to federal reserve policy action from 1989 to 1992," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 149-168.
    3. Stephen Hall & Anna Zelweska-Mitura, "undated". "Modelling Emerging Financial Markets and their Approach to Market Efficiency," Computing in Economics and Finance 1996 _066, Society for Computational Economics.
    4. Galindo, Arturo J. & Maloney, William F., 2002. "Second moments in speculative attack models: panel evidence," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(1), pages 97-129, January.
    5. Manfred J.M. Neumann & Jens Weidmann, 1997. "The Information Content of German Discount Rate Changes," Macroeconomics 9706006, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Antulio N. Bomfim & Vincent Reinhart, 2000. "Making news: financial market effects of Federal Reserve disclosure practices," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2000-14, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

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