Publication details

Granger causality between stock market and macroeconomic indicators: evidence from Germany

Authors

PLÍHAL Tomáš

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web https://acta.mendelu.cz/64/6/2101/
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201664062101
Field Economy
Keywords Granger causality; Efficient market hypothesis; DAX; stock market; macroeconomic indicators; Germany
Description The aim of this paper is to investigate informational efficiency of the stock market in Germany. Granger causality between stock market and the selected macroeconomic variables is investigated by bivariate analysis using Toda-Yamamoto (1995) approach. This study focuses on monthly data from January 1999 to September 2015, and stock market is represented by blue chip stock market index DAX. Investigated macroeconomic indicators include industrial production, inflation, money supply, interest rate, trade balance and exchange rate. Stock market Granger-causes industrial production and interest rate, and is therefore leading indicator of these variables. Between money supply and stock prices is Granger causality in both directions. Other variables seem to be independent on development of the stock market. We do not find any violation of Efficient market hypothesis which indicates that stock market in Germany is informational efficient.
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