This study examines whether the United States (US) macroeconomic news announcements affect volatilities of emerging stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region. For this purpose, the behavior of GARCH volatilities of nine major emerging markets (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan,...

This study examines how the U.S. macroeconomic news releases affect uncertainty in domestic and foreign stock exchanges. For that purpose, the behavior of the implied volatilities from the U.S. and Finnish markets is investigated around the employment, producer price index (PPI) and consumer...