Using monthly data from seven mature and emerging markets and a battery of GARCH and EGARCH models, the study of Davis and Kutan (2003) on inflation and output on stock returns and volatility is extended by including interest rate to compare the effect between three mature markets (US, Japan,...

This paper employs bounds test and Unrestricted Error-Correction Model (UECM) approach to construct the Augmented Monetary Conditions Index (AMCI) over the quarterly period 1981:1-2004:4 for Singapore and compares the discrepancies using two different interest rates (i.e., time deposit rate and...

Using monthly data from seven mature and emerging markets and GARCH and EGARCH models, the study of Davis and Kutan (Applied Financial Economics, 13, 693-700, 2003) on inflation and output on stock returns and volatility is extended by including interest rate to compare the effect between three...