Alquist, Ron; Ellwanger, Reinhard; Jin, Jianjian - 2020 - Last updated: March 23, 2020
We quantify the reaction of U.S. equity, bond futures, and exchange rate returns to oil price shocks driven by oil inventory news. Across most sectors, equity prices decrease in response to higher oil prices before the 2007/08 crisis but increase after it. Positive oil price shocks cause a...