When do ?nancial markets help in predicting economic activity? With incomplete markets, the link between ?nancial and real economy is state- dependent and ?nancial indicators may turn out to be useful particularly in forecasting "tail" macroeconomic events. We examine this conjecture by studying...

When do financial markets help in predicting economic activity? With incomplete markets, the link between financial and real economy is state-dependent and financial indicators may turn out to be useful particularly in forecasting "tail" macroeconomic events. We examine this conjecture by...