media variables to affect variance in GARCH equations shows that media coverage reduce the volatility of returns in the …

This paper investigates the return and volatility responses of major European and the US equity indices to monetary …

We investigate the impact of monetary policy announcements on stock market volatility in the U.S., Canada, Japan, the U … easing announcements of domestic and foreign central banks on realized volatility before, during, and after the event. We … find that on the day of an interest rate announcement of the domestic central bank, volatility increases in a manner that …

This paper documents that ECB announcements increase the stock market volatility in the euro area (EA) on the same day …. I consider two volatility measures from January 1998 to May 2019. First, a realized volatility measure uses intraday … data for 8 different stock market indices. Second, a range measure approximates volatility using daily prices from 11 …

This paper studies the effects of FOMC communication on U.S. financial markets’ returns and volatility using a GARCH … and volatility is larger if the communication channel is more formal. However, since speeches happen much more often than …