Thepaperexamines theextent to which theconditionalvolatilityofstockmarketreturnsinChinesestockmarketsisrelated to the conditional volatility offinancialandbusiness cyclevariables.
James Stock is on the committee that dates the rises and falls in the business cycle for the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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It is a gauge designed in collaboration with Pring Research to reflect its proprietary investment strategy, which tactically allocates among stock, bond, commodity, and cash segments based on the phase of the economic businesscycle.