The nature of the relation between stock returns and the three monetary variables of interest rates (bond yields), inflation and money supply growth, while oft studied, is one that remains unclear. We argue that the nature of the relation changes over time, and this variation is largely driven...

This paper re-examines the UIP relation by estimating first a benchmark linear Cointegrated VAR including the nominal exchange rate and the interest rate differential as well as central bank announcements, and then a Cointegrated Smooth Transition VAR (CVSTAR) model incorporating nonlinearities...

The paper addresses the empirical application of cointegration analysis to four important macroeconomic variables: narrow money (M1), incomes, prices and interest rates in the U.S. during the turmoil period of last decade. Unit root and longmemory tests support the appropriateness of the...