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Stock prices and macroeconomic factors: Evidence from European countries

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  • Amado Peiró Giménez

    (Universitat de València)

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This paper investigates the relationships between stock returns, changes in production, and changes in interest rates in three European countries: France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The results obtained with annual data are much more conclusive than those obtained with quarterly data. Stock returns present a higher dependence on changes in interest rates than on changes in production. Furthermore, the influence of future changes in production on stock returns diminishes in a substantial proportion when contemporaneous changes in interest rates are taken into account. With respect to these points, the European markets behave in a similar fashion, but are in sharp contrast with the U.S. market. Este documento investiga las relaciones entre rendimientos de bolsa, cambios en la producción y en los tipos de interés de tres países europeos: Francia, Alemania y Reino Unido. Los resultados obtenidos a partir de datos anuales son mucho más concluyentes que los obtenidos con datos trimestrales. Los rendimientos de bolsa presentan una mayor dependencia de las fluctuaciones en los tipos de interés que de los cambios en la producción. Es más, la influencia de futuros cambios en la producción en los rendimientos de bolsa disminuye sustancialmente cuando se tienen en cuenta los cambios contemporáneos en los tipos de interés. Respecto a estos aspectos, los mercados europeos se comportan de una manera similar, pero contrastan fuertemente con el mercado estadounidense.

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  • Amado Peiró Giménez, 1994. "Stock prices and macroeconomic factors: Evidence from European countries," Working Papers. Serie EC 1994-17, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
  • Handle: RePEc:ivi:wpasec:1994-17
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