Tuesday, September 9, 2008

How Economic News Moves Markets

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published an article yesterday on "How Economic News Moves Markets":
Exploring how the release of new economic data affects asset prices in the stock, bond, and foreign exchange markets, the authors find that only a few announcements -- the nonfarm payroll numbers, the GDP advance release, and a private sector manufacturing report -- generate price responses that are economically significant and measurably persistent.
Very timely, considering a six-year-old story about United Airlines bankruptcy filing that circulated yesterday sent its stock plunging 75 percent.

[via Docuticker]

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