Economic News Releases and Financial Markets in South Africa

We examine the impact of economic news releases on returns, volatility and jumps of the stock and foreign exchange markets of South Africa. We also assess the impact of macroeconomic determinants. The dataset range is fifteen years covering the period from January, 2000 to December, 2014. Results ar...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Gkillas, Dimitrios Vortelinos, Christos Floros, Athanasios Tsagkanos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Economies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/7/4/112