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Measuring Uncertainty in the Stock Market [WP]
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We propose a daily index of time-varying stock market uncertainty. The index is constructed after first removing the common variations in the series, based on recent advances in the literature that emphasize the difference between risk (expected variation) and uncertainty (unexpected variation). To this end, we draw on data from 25 portfolios between 1926 and 2014, sorted by size and book-to-market value. This strategy considerably reduces information requirements and modeling design costs, compared to previous proposals. We compare our index with indicators of macrouncertainty and estimate the impact of an uncertainty shock on the dynamics of variables such as production, employment, consumption, stock market prices and interest rates. Our results show that, even when the estimates can be considered as a measure of stock market uncertainty (i.e., financial uncertainty), they perform very well as indicators of the uncertainty of the economy as a whole.
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CHULIÁ SOLER, Helena, GUILLÉN, Montserrat and URIBE GIL, Jorge Mario. Measuring Uncertainty in the Stock Market [WP]. IREA – Working Papers. 2015. Vol. IR15/24. ISSN 2014-1254. [consulted: 18 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/67660