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HOW DOES THE MACROECONOMY RESPOND TO STOCK MARKET FLUCTUATIONS? THE ROLE OF SENTIMENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2018

Wei-Fong Pan
Wei-Fong Pan*
Affiliation:
First Capital Securities Co., Ltd.
*
Address correspondence to: Wei-Fong Pan, Research Institute, First Capital Securities Co., Ltd., 18/F, Investment Bank Building, No. 115 Fuhua 1st Rd., Futian Dist., Shenzhen, China; e-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

This study estimates the response of macroeconomic variables to stock market fluctuations in Japan and the United States. It emphasizes the economy's reaction to stock market bubbles and crashes. To do this, I propose a new way to identify bubbles and crashes by testing price-to-fundamental ratios using the newly developed trend-filtering approach. Regardless of the measures used, both countries' macroeconomy tends to respond positively to the positive shock of stock price. Asymmetric effects of the stock market are observed. Japan's macroeconomic variables, especially investment and industrial production, are more sensitive to market crashes, while those of the United States are more sensitive to stock bubbles. Finally, I provide evidence that market sentiment can affect the economy either directly or indirectly through the stock market.

Keywords

Asset BubblesCrashesImpulse ResponseMacroeconomy
Type
Articles
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Macroeconomic Dynamics , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , March 2020 , pp. 421 - 446
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© Cambridge University Press 2018

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