Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174187 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IES Working Paper No. 20/2016
Publisher: 
Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES), Prague
Abstract: 
We analyze the impact of Eurozone/Germany and U.S. macroeconomic news announcements and the communication of the monetary policy settings of the ECB and the Fed on the forex markets of new EU members. We employ an Event Study Methodology to analyze intra-day data from 2011-2015. Our comprehensive analysis of the wide variety of macroeconomic information during the post-GFC period shows that: (i) macroeconomic announcements affect the value of the new- EU-country exchange rates, (ii) the origin of the announcements matters, (iii) the type of announcement also matters, (iv) different types of news (good, bad, or neutral) result in different reactions, (v) markets react not only after the news release but also before, (vi) when the U.S. dollar is a base currency the impact of the news is larger than in case of the euro, (vii) announcements on ECB monetary policy result in stronger effects than those of the Fed, and (viii) temporary inefficiencies are present on the new-EU-country forex markets.
Subjects: 
foreign exchange markets
intraday data
abnormal returns
event study
macroeconomic announcements
monetary policy settings
European Union
new EU members
JEL: 
C52
F31
F36
G15
P59
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.