Financialization has tightened the links between the oil market and other major financial markets, but their relationships remain poorly understood. In this paper, we quantify the heterogeneous return spillovers from the oil market to other major financial markets in the short, medium and long...

Right now the oil price again ensures many headlines. The Bank of Canada became the first central bank in the Group of Seven to cut interest rates in response to plummeting oil prices, saying the shock will weigh on everything from inflation to business spending. U.S. banks are setting aside...