Stock prices as a leading indicator of economic activity

Most asset pricing theories suggest that asset prices are forward looking and reflect market expectations of future earnings. By aggregating across companies, aggregate market prices may then be used as leading indicators of future Real GDP, Real Industrial Production and the level of Inflation. A H...

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Main Author: Golding, John
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10673