This paper examines the importance of different economic sentiments, e.g. consumer moods, for the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) during the transition process. We first analyze the importance of economic confidence with respect to the CEEC's financial markets. Since the...

This paper examines the importance of different economic sentiments, e.g. consumer moods, for the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) during the transition process. We first analyze the importance of economic confidence with respect to the CEECs'; financial markets. Since the...

This paper analyzes the impact of German macroeconomic news announcements on the Czech financial market - as proxied by EUR/CZK exchange rate returns - over three sub-periods: the financial crisis period (2008-2009), the post-crisis period (2010-11/2013) and the currency intervention period...