Do Asset Prices in Transition Countries Contain Information About Future Economic Activity?

Sløk, Torsten

There is ample empirical evidence for developed economies that asset prices contain information about future economic developments. But is this also the case in transition economies? Using a panel of monthly data for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, and Slovenia for the period 1994-1999 it is shown that historical values for interest rates, exchange rates, and stock prices signal future movements in real economic activity. This result has significant implications for policymakers, and a composite leading indicator based on the three asset prices is presented, which contains information about the future development of economic activity

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Sløk, Torsten
Other Persons:	Christoffersen, Peter F. (contributor) ; Sløk, Torsten (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington, D.C : International Monetary Fund
Subject:	Systemtransformation \| Economic transition \| Polen \| Poland \| Ungarn \| Hungary \| Börsenkurs \| Share price \| Wirtschaftsindikator \| Economic indicator \| Tschechien \| Czech Republic \| Russland \| Russia \| Zins \| Interest rate \| Wechselkurs \| Exchange rate \| Transformationsstaaten \| Transition countries