Impact of major macroeconomic announcements on the daily trading volumes of several US ETFs is examined for the period of January 2004-April 2014. An ARIMA model with external factors that describe the announcement events is used. It is found that several macroeconomic announcements,...

We examine returns of several US equity ETFs on the days of 18 major macroeconomic announcements for the period of January 2009 – July 2013. The ARMA GARCH model with external regression terms that describe announcement events and their surprises is used. We find that ISM Manufacturing...