Do macroeconomics news releases affect gold and silver prices?

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 405-421

  Christie David, Rohan ^a   Chaudhry, Mukesh ^b   Koch, Timothy W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroeconomic news; Metals; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012741010     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(00)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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