An Examination of the Impact of Macroeconomic News on the Spot and Futures Treasuries Markets

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 453-478

  Simpson, Marc W ^b   Ramchander, Sanjay ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

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EID: 1842765424     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fut.10132     Document Type: Article

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