Effects of Macroeconomic News on Hong Kong Bond Market: An Intraday Empirical Evidence.

This research paper investigates the effect of six macroeconomic news announcements on the Hong Kong bond market. The five bonds chosen for the purpose of this study are; two year sovereign debt bond, five year government Treasury bond, seven year corporate market bond, ten year government Treasury...

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Main Author: Chowdhery, Sarah Hafeez
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24704/
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description This research paper investigates the effect of six macroeconomic news announcements on the Hong Kong bond market. The five bonds chosen for the purpose of this study are; two year sovereign debt bond, five year government Treasury bond, seven year corporate market bond, ten year government Treasury bond and thirteen year corporate market bond. In particular we look at the effect of the six macroeconomic news announcements on bond prices and bond bid-ask spreads. The effect of the magnitude or the size of the surprise element on the bond is also investigated. We find three out of the six macroeconomict announcements to affect the government and corporate bonds significantly. We also find a widening of spreads after announcements for government Treasury bonds and a narrowing of spread for corporate market bonds. In conclusion, we find the government Treasury bonds to be more responsive than corporate market bonds.
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spelling nottingham-247042018-01-22T16:05:26Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24704/ Effects of Macroeconomic News on Hong Kong Bond Market: An Intraday Empirical Evidence. Chowdhery, Sarah Hafeez This research paper investigates the effect of six macroeconomic news announcements on the Hong Kong bond market. The five bonds chosen for the purpose of this study are; two year sovereign debt bond, five year government Treasury bond, seven year corporate market bond, ten year government Treasury bond and thirteen year corporate market bond. In particular we look at the effect of the six macroeconomic news announcements on bond prices and bond bid-ask spreads. The effect of the magnitude or the size of the surprise element on the bond is also investigated. We find three out of the six macroeconomict announcements to affect the government and corporate bonds significantly. We also find a widening of spreads after announcements for government Treasury bonds and a narrowing of spread for corporate market bonds. In conclusion, we find the government Treasury bonds to be more responsive than corporate market bonds. 2010 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24704/1/SARAHHAFEEZCHOWDHERY.pdf Chowdhery, Sarah Hafeez (2010) Effects of Macroeconomic News on Hong Kong Bond Market: An Intraday Empirical Evidence. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Chowdhery, Sarah Hafeez
Effects of Macroeconomic News on Hong Kong Bond Market: An Intraday Empirical Evidence.
title Effects of Macroeconomic News on Hong Kong Bond Market: An Intraday Empirical Evidence.
title_full Effects of Macroeconomic News on Hong Kong Bond Market: An Intraday Empirical Evidence.
title_fullStr Effects of Macroeconomic News on Hong Kong Bond Market: An Intraday Empirical Evidence.
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Macroeconomic News on Hong Kong Bond Market: An Intraday Empirical Evidence.
title_short Effects of Macroeconomic News on Hong Kong Bond Market: An Intraday Empirical Evidence.
title_sort effects of macroeconomic news on hong kong bond market: an intraday empirical evidence.
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24704/