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    Dynamic Interrelationships between Macroeconomic Indicators, Global Stock

    Market, and Commodities Prices and Jakarta Composite Index (JCI)

    Pro !dler Man"r"n#

    Jos"a Pardede MS$%, MSc%

    &omora Sitor"s MSc%

    !bstracts

    Our paper aims to analyze interrelationship between Jakarta Composite Index and

    mcroeconomic indicators, global stock market, and commodities prices. We employ ector

    !rror Correction "odel #!C"$ to in%estigate whether dynamic linkages exist between our

    research %ariables. We &ind that there is co mo%ement between %ariable in our research.

    "oreo%er, 'ow Jones, gold price, and oil prices dominantly a&&ect JCI mo%ement in the long(

    run.

    JEL Classification) C*+, 1-, 1

    Keywords) Cointegration, /tock market, Commodities, "acroeconomy, !C"

    '% Introd"ction0cademic community has long been interested in the connection between the

    &inancial markets and the economy. he recent decline in global economic acti%ity due to

    subprime crisis has again intensi&ied study on the relationship between both &inancial indexes

    and macroeconomic per&ormance. 0gainst the background o& e&&icient market hypothesis

    which denote that asset prices should &ollow a random walk or at least be undpredictable, the

    existence o& predictability pattern o& stock market indexes has been considered &ascinating.

    he common approach in the dynamic analysis between &inancial market and

    macroeonomy used ector 0uto 2egressi%e #02$ to study the e&&ect o& many

    macroeconomic inno%ations in the pricing o& &inancial market assets. "ost o& the studies in

    this category mainly assume a priori that the direction o& 3indicator power4 comes &rom the

    macroeconomy and goes to the &inancial market.

    Our paper &ocuses on the determinant &actors o& Jakarta Composite Index #JCI$. JCI is

    a modi&ied capitalization(weighted index o& allstocks listed on the regular board o& the

    Indonesia /tock !xchange. he index was de%eloped with a base index %alue o& 155 as o&

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    0ugust 15, 167+. 0t the end o& year +51+, JCI has gained 1+.5* percents to -+71.78 le%el,

    compared to *7+1.66 &rom the pre%ious year.

    his study pro%ide se%eral contributions to the literature. 9irst, it estimates a relati%ely

    wide range o& multi%ariate n(regime !C" models. he model is applied to a ten(%ariable

    %ector that includes ross 'omestic :roduct, Consumer :rice Index, Interest 2ate, 'ow

    Jones Index, ;ikkei Index,

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    he existing model explains the relationship between macroeconomic %ariables and

    stock returns &rom the perspecti%e o& discounted &uture cash &lows earned by in%estor o& the

    stock #Chen et al., 1678B :earce and 2oley, 167*B im and Wu, 167?$. In%estors incorporate

    the in&ormation into their estimates o& the appropriate discount rate and the expected &low o&

    di%idend &rom stocks, which in turn a&&ects stock price 9or instance, with the model :5DEt

    !#ct$F#1Gkt$t, changes in systematic shock in&luences the price o& the stock, :5, by the

    expected cash &lows, !#ct$, andFor %ia the re>uired rate o& return, kt. =erde and /aettem

    #1666$ argues the latter #kt$ is related to both the le%el o& discount rates and the term(structure

    spreads across di&&erent maturities, in which the stock market is taken as endogenous.

    he macro %ariables that become the proxies &or measures &or aggregate economic

    acti%ity in this paper are real gross domestic product #':$, industrial production, real

    money supply, real consumption, aggregate &oreign reser%es, interest rate, exchange rate and

    energy price #WI oil spot$, and commodity prices #Crude :alm Oil and old$. he ': and

    Industrial production mainly a&&ects the economic acti%ity by in&luencing the &uture cash

    &lows o& the stock.

    he money supply can a&&ect the stock market in se%eral methods. One way is through

    the port&olio balance model that works through money supply increase that leads to a

    port&olio shi&t &rom non(interest bearing money to &inancial assets including e>uities. In

    addition to that, "oney supply &luctuations can a&&ect the stock market through their e&&ects

    on in&lation uncertainty. Ananticipated in&lation may directly a&&ect real stock prices

    #negati%ely$ through unexpected changes in the price le%el. In&lation uncertainty may also

    a&&ect the discount rate thus reducing the present %alue o& &uture corporate cash &lows. 'e9ina

    #1661$ argued that high in&lation initially has a negati%e e&&ect on corporate income due to

    immediate rising costs and slowly ad=usting output prices, sinking pro&its and there&ore the

    share price. "andelker and andon #167$, 0sprem #1676$, and horbecke #166?$ also

    showed that real e&&ects o& monetary policy a&&ect the stock price signi&icantly. "ore

    speci&ically, :atelis #166?$ propose that money supply shocks in&luence e>uity prices mainly

    %ia the risk premium.

    We hypothesize that interest rate relate negati%ely with stock prices. "easured as

    opportunity cost, the change in nominal interest rate will moti%ate in%estor to substitute

    e>uity shares &or other assets in the port&olio. his increase has negati%e e&&ect on stock prices

    &rom asset port&olio allocation. uisitions

    and buyouts #Wongbangpo and /harma, +55+$

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    he exchange rate has indirect impact to stock prices. 0ccording to an et al. #+558$,

    I& the domestic currency depreciates against &oreign currencies, the export price will go down

    and, conse>uently, the %olume o& the countryHs exports will rise, assuming that the demand

    &or this product is elastic. "ukher=ee and ;aka #166$, 0chsani and /trohe #+55+$ con&irmed

    this positi%e relationship existed in Japan and Indonesia. 0dditionally, 0=ayi and "ougoue

    #1668$ also showed that an increase in stock price has a negati%e short(term e&&ect on

    domestic currency %alues but in the long term this e&&ect is positi%e, while currency

    depreciation has a negati%e short and long(term e&&ect on the e>uity prices.

    On the basis o& economic theory, we ha%e two scenarios with regard to the sign o&

    relationship between macro %ariables and stock prices, &irst the &lowHH scenario, which is

    based on the &lowHH approach to exchange rate determination, and the stockHH scenario,

    which is based on the port&olio approach to exchange rate determination. he &lowHH

    scenario depends on two well(documented relationships, the relationship between the real

    exchange rate and economic acti%ity #see e.g. Cornell, 167*B Wol&&, 1677$, whereby a &all in

    the real exchange rate increases the competiti%eness o& domestic goods %ersus &oreign goods

    and the le%el o& domestic aggregate demand and outputB and the relationship between

    economic acti%ity and stock markets #see e.g. /chwert, 1665B 2oll, 166+B Cano%a and

    'e;icolo, 166$.

    he stockHH scenario depends on the port&olio approach to exchange rate

    determination. 0gents allocate their wealth amongst alternati%e assets including domestic

    money, domestic bonds and e>uities, and &oreign securities. he role o& the exchange rate is

    to balance the asset demands and supplies. hus, any change in the demand &or and supply o&

    assets will alter the e>uilibrium exchange rate. 9or example, a rally in the A/ stock market

    will cause Indonesia stock market to rise as a result o& intensi%e trading between Indonesia

    and A/ companies. hat in turn will increase wealth and the demand &or each o& the assets in

    Indonesia #wealth e&&ect$. he excess demand &or IndonesiaHs currency will cause interest

    rates to go up and a substitution &rom &oreign securities to domestic assets resulting in an

    appreciation o& the domestic real exchange rate. he economic currency exposure &or

    indi%idual &irms will depend on the currency structure o& its exports, imports and &inancing.

    'e%aluation can either raise or lower a &irmHs stock prices depending whether the &irm is an

    exporting or importing &irm.

    % Commodities Prices and Stock Prices

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    he linkage between oil price and &inancial markets appears to be natural. "ussa

    #+555$ argues that oil price %olatility in&luence economic acti%ity, corporate earnings,

    in&lation and monetary policy. hus, an increase in the oil price has implications &or asset

    prices and &inancial markets. Chen et al. #1678$ also used oil prices as a measure o& economic

    risk in the A./. stock market. 9or Japanese market, uities. Asing

    17 national e>uity markets data, 9erson and

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    9urthermore, empirical studies between the well(de%eloped e>uity markets and the

    0sian markets are well documented 0ggarwal and 2i%oli #1676$ and Cheung and "ak

    #166+$, who obser%ed the day(to(day co(mo%ement o& the A./. market and %arious 0sian

    markets. his market interdependence relationship has also been examined using daily data

    by other researchers #e.g., "aldanado N /aunders, 1671B !rrunza N 2osenberg, 167+B

    :hilippatos et al., 167*, !un and 2esnick, 167-$.

    he idea that macroeconomic %ariables explained stock prices has &aced many

    contrary arguments recently. /ome researchers argued that stock market mo%ements since the

    mid 1665s could not be explained by economic &undamentals. his idea has emerged a&ter

    A/, !uropean and 0sian markets witnessed unprecedented highs in the mid 1665s but then

    &ollowed by sharp re%erse in the +555s as a result o& excessi%e speculation. 0ccording to

    Carlson and /argent #166?$ and /hiller #+55$, the e>uity prices during the second part o& the

    1665s in the A/ does not happen due to the change in &undamental %alues such as pro=ected

    earnings growth or di%idends but because o& exogenous shocks andFor market irrational

    beha%ior. ee #166, 1667$ and Chung and ee #1667$ supported this %iew and argued that

    &undamental %ariables like discount rates, earnings, di%idends and industrial production did

    not explain price mo%ements. In this case, stock return %ariation a&ter 1665s may not be

    explained by the notion that stock market is the main indicator o& real economic acti%ity

    #9ama, 1665$.

    @inswanger #+555, +551, +55-$, gi%ing support to the stock(market bubble hypothesis

    to explain the breakdown in the linkage between stock returns and real economic acti%ity in

    the A/ in the second part o& the 1665s was.

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    companies listed in the exchange comprise o& a large number o& export(dependent industry

    that rely on international business cycles and, there&ore, ha%e high &luctuations in their

    pro&itability.

    /econd, a small e>uity market is also prone with manipulation opportunities that do

    not exist in more de%eloped markets, and may draw speculators inside, thereby increasing the

    possibilities o& the market reacting inappropriately to new in&ormation. he obser%ation could

    be explained by both trading noise and the substantial commodity price risk.

    he !C" &ramework we used in this study has ad%antages and shortcomings in

    modelling the relationship between stock prices and macroeconomic %ariables. Wen et al.

    #+51+$ argues that this model is e&&ecti%e because they are &lexible and are able to control &or

    serial correlation in asset returns, and it is easy to obser%e the interactions between %ariables

    %ia an impulse(response &unction. uestions, we use these &ollowing data as &ollows)

    No. Variable Description Source

    1 LJCI Jakarta Composite Index Bloomberg2 LD! "eal ross Domestic !roduct Badan !usat Statistik

    # LC!I Consumer !rice Index Bank Indonesia

    $ I" !olic% "ate &SBI'BI "ate( Bank Indonesia

    ) LDJI Do* Jones Index Bloomberg

    + LN,- Nikkei 22) Index Bloomberg

    L/SI /an Seng Index Bloomberg

    0 LCL Coal prices at t3e Ne* Sout3 4ales Bloomberg

    5 LC! Coal prices at 6ala%sia Bloomberg

    17 LLD old !rice Bloomberg

    11 LIL Crude il &4est 8exas Intermediate( !rice Bloomberg12 L"99" "eal 9::ecti;e 9xc3ange "ate Index C9IC

    8able 1

    "esearc3 Variables

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    +%% Descripti*e !nalysis

    he Jakarta Composite Index #JCI$ is a modi&ied capitalization(weighted index o& all

    stocks listed on the regular board o& the Indonesia /tock !xchange. he index was de%eloped

    with a base index %alue o& 155 as o& 0ugust 15, 167+. 0s o& today, it includes more than -55

    companies listed in the stock exchange.

    .i#"re '% Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) *s% .orei#n Stock Market

    9rom the &igure abo%e, it shows that, by 'ecember +51+ Jakarta Composite Index

    #JCI$ grows by approximately eight times o& its original le%el in January +555. JCI grows up

    16 in the past 1+ months to a historically high -6?7 points le%el. his is the most signi&icant

    increase compare to other ma=or stock indexes such as 'ow Jones Index #'JI$, ;ikkei ++

    Index #;M$, and

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    .i#"re % Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) *s% Global Commodities

    We take monthly obser%ations on the mo%ements o& JCI along with lobal

    Commodities #Oil, C:O, old and Coal$ in &igure +, and &ind that these indexes are mo%ing

    along together %ery closely, &or period spanning January +555 to 'ecember +51+, with JCI

    and old as the ones that seems to ha%e the highest correlation, especially a&ter the period o&

    global sub(prime mortgage crises. JCI and Oil also seems to ha%e a %ery signi&icant

    relationship due to the &act that Indonesia is oil(producing countries and &ormer members o&

    O:!C. Indonesia, a resource(based economy #the main producer o& C:O and Coal$, is highly

    in&luenced by the &luctuation o& C:O and Coal prices in both short(run and long(run.

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    .i#"re +% Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) *s% Macro $conomy

    he data &rom &igure * shows that Indonesia market capitalization to ': is still

    below 5, and there&ore indicates that Indonesia stock market is under%alued. It is worth

    noting that Indonesia ': growth a%erages around .* between January +555 and

    'ecember +51+ and are bene&iting &rom the low le%el o& in&lation. 0s shown in the &igure,

    o%er the period o& last decade, the central bank has consistently ad=ust the policy rate to

    smooth business cycles and shield the economy &rom external shocks &rom global markets.

    +%+% Methodolo#y

    his study use ector 0utoregression #02$ model to capture the linear

    interdependencies among multiple time series %ariables we describe in section +. 02 was

    introduced by Christopher /ims #1675$. 0 uni%ariate autoregression is a single(e>uation,

    single %ariable linear model in which the current %alue o& a %ariable is described by its own

    lagged %alues. 0 02 is an n(e>uation, n(%ariable linear model in which each %ariable is in

    turn explained by its own lagged %alues, plus current and pre%ious %alues o& the remaining n(

    1 %ariables.

    0ccording to /tock and Watson #+551$, this &ramework pro%ides a systematic way to

    capture rich dynamics in multiple time series. In determining the %ariables included in 02,

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    economic theory and institutional knowledge is re>uired to sol%e the identi&ication as shown

    in &igure -.

    .i#"re /% &elationships 0etween -ariables

    he standard in 02 is to analyze the results &rom ranger(causality tests, impulse

    responses and &orecast error %ariance decompositions. In our study the computation o& this

    statistics are done using !%iews so&tware.

    o identi&y the best 02 model, we &ollowed standard identi&ication procedures in

    &igure . We identi&y the problem in our study, create rele%ant hypothesis, and collect data.

    hen, we check the stationarity o& our data and per&orm cointegration to select between 02

    or !C" models.

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    .i#"re 1% -!& Identiication

    Problem

    Identification

    START

    Hypothesis

    Data

    Collection

    Unit Root Test

    (ADF Test)

    Data Stasionary

    Transformation

    Cointe!ration

    Test

    "ariables

    Cointe!rated

    "AR #odel

    $stimation

    "$C #odel

    $stimation

    Inno%ation

    Acco&ntin!

    $'D

    'o

    es

    'o

    es

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    +%+%'% 2nit &oot 3est!stimation o& time series econometric models will yield an un(meaning&ul conclusion,

    when the data contains a unit root #not stationary$. ;on(stationary series will result in a

    spurious regression. his condition is characterized by high coe&&icients o& determination,

    +

    R , and signi&icant t statistics, but the economic interpretation o& this relationship would be

    misleading #!nders, +55-$.

    /uppose tYis a stationary time series i& it satis&ies the &ollowing conditions)

    1. # $t yE Y = time(independent

    +. ( )+

    +# $t Y t yVar Y E Y = =

    time(independent

    *. co%# , $k t t k Y Y += time(independent

    /tationary tests can be conducted by %arious methods such as graphics, correlogram

    and the unit root test. he unit root test is employed in this research. wo methods o&

    unit root test that are commonly used are the 0'9 #0ugmented 'ickey 9uller$ test

    and the :: #:hillips :eron$ est.

    +%+%% !"#mented Dickey ."ller 3esthe rationale o& 'ickey 9uller test is to examine whether, or not, a time series is a

    random walk.

    Consider 02#1$ model

    ( )1 1 *.1t t tY Y = + +

    I& 1 1 = , then the model abo%e becomes random walk. 2andom walk is one &orm o&

    non(stationary time series. In e>uation #*.1$ subtract 1tY to both sides, thus,

    ( )1 1 1

    1

    1

    1

    #*.+$

    where, 1

    t t t t

    t t t

    Y Y Y

    Y Y

    = + +

    = + +

    =

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    9rom the e>uation abo%e, I can the make hypothesis

    5 1

    1 1

    < ) 1

    < ) 1

    =

    ue is by making regression between 1andt tY Y .

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    P 1

    'ickey 9uller.Pstd. error# $

    p

    i

    i

    p

    i

    i

    =

    I& absolute %alue o& statistic is larger than absolute

    %alue o& 'ickey 9uller critical %alue then re=ection o& null hypothesis implies that time series

    data is stationary, meanwhile i& absolute %alue o& statistic is smaller than absolute %alue o&

    'ickey 9uller critical %alue then null hypothesis is not re=ected.

    +%+%+% 0i*ariate -!& system with order p02 with order p o& bi%ariate system or two %ariables

    ty

    1

    +

    =

    t

    t

    can be de&ined as

    t 1 t 1 p t p t... = + + + +y y y e #*.-$

    where

    1

    +

    =

    is two(dimension %ector,

    11, 1+,

    +1, ++,

    , 1, +,...,

    = =

    i i

    i

    i i

    i p is ( )+ + coe&&icient matrix and

    e1

    +

    t

    t

    e

    e

    =

    is a white noise %ector. In other words)

    1$ te has zero mean, ! "tE e = 4

    +$ te has constant %ariance, t ,T

    t eE e e t

    = # $

    *$ and et se are not correlated, &or t s% .

    !>uation #*.1+$ can be written as &ollows)

    11, 1+, 111,1 1+,1 11,+ 1+,+1 1 1 1 + 11

    +1, ++, ++1,1 ++,1 +1,+ ++,++ + 1 + + ++

    ... p p t pt t t t

    p p t pt t t t

    yy y y e

    yy y y e

    = + + + +

    wo(dimension random %ector t 1 t t 1..., , , ,... +y y y is a stochastic process %ector. 0

    stochastic process %ector is stationary i&

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    1$ ! "! , t= $ty

    +$ ( ) ( )( (co%# , $ ! R # $, t dan 5,1,+,...= = & $ = t t h t t h h hyy y y y

    Implication o& the second property is that &or hD5, ty has the same co%ariance matrix,

    that is ( ) ( ) R ,t t hE t = # $ yy y .

    +%+%/% Cointe#ration 3estJohansenHs cointegration test is based on the 02#p$ model o& non(stationary

    %ariables. 9or simpler Johansen test procedure, 02#1$ model will be used. 2emember that

    02 #1$ model is noted in matrix notation)

    1 1t t tY Y = ' +

    In JohansenHs cointegration test, analysis o& %ariables is not only &ocused on the result

    o& 02 e>uation system #Impulse 2esponse 9unction and ariance 'ecomposition are the

    most commonly used, as pre%iously disucssed$, but also considered a stepping stone &or the

    next cointegration test, whereby reparameterization need to be done &rom 02#1$ model to

    "odel ector !rror Correction #!C"#1$$.

    he ranger theorem ensures the existence o& an error correction representation in a

    cointegrated regression. @ased on this theorem, e>uation 02#1$ can be represented in the

    &orm o& !C" as &ollows)

    1 1

    1 1 +

    where)

    and

    t t t

    t t

    Y Y

    Y Y Y I

    = ' +

    = ' = '

    his !C" #1$ &orm contains in&ormation about short(run and long(run changes stated by

    parameter and . his "atrix will be &urther used to determine whether regression

    system is cointegrated. his is the core o& Johansen test procedure in analyzing the

    cointegration relationship between obser%ed %ariables.

    9or instance, a component o& %ector 5t is a &irst order integration or written as I#1$,

    then ''''Yt-1 is a linear combination o& %ariable Yt-1 I#1$. In order to estimate all combination

    i& ' '

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    possibilities &rom Mt(1 which results in close correlation with Yt-1, a stationary element,

    Johansen uses '''' matrix characteristics as &ollows)

    '% I& 2ank#''''$D5, then, there is no cointegration between %ariables% I& 2ank#''''$Dm #m ) the number o& %ariables in 02 model$, then all %ariables are

    cointegrated

    +% I& 5 S 2ank#''''$ Sm, then 2ank #'''') states the number o& %ariables that arecointegrated between 5 and m.

    "atrix '''' can be decomposed to ''''= Twhere is speed o& ad=utsmentandis long(run

    coe&&icient matrix so that T5t6'up to m(1 combinations is a cointegrated relationship which

    ensures that 5t reaches long(run e>uilibrium. 9urther, 2ank #T

    $ can be determined by

    calculating eigen%alue &rom T.

    +%+%1% Imp"lse &esponse ."nction0n impulse response &unction aims to obser%e the e&&ects o& a one standard de%iation

    shock to one o& the inno%ations on current time %alues and the &uture %alues o&

    endogenous %ariables included in the model.

    !nders #+55-$ illustrates impulse response by employing bi%ariate 02 as &ollows)

    1 11 11 1+

    5+ ++ +1 ++

    (

    =

    = +

    i

    t t i

    it t i

    y ey a a

    y ey a a

    he residual can be expressed as)

    ( )1 11+

    + ++11+ +1

    1111

    =

    t t

    t t

    e be bb b

    hen, by combining two e>uations abo%e we can ha%e "o%ing 0%erage

    representation as &ollows)

    11 +1

    1+ ++

    1 11

    5+ ++

    # $ # $

    # $ # $

    t t i

    it t i

    i i

    i

    y y

    iy y

    (

    =

    = +

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    he &our coe&&icientsB 11 1+ +1 ++# $, # $, # $ dan # $ i i i i are called impulse response

    &unctions.

    +%+%7% 3he Cholesky Decompositionhe Cholesky decomposition or commonly known as %ariance decomposition

    pro%ides in&ormation about the relati%e importance o& each %ariable in the 02 system

    according to the shocks. he Cholesky 'ecomposition method is another strategy to describe

    the dynamic system contained in 02 by collecting estimates o& error %ariance o& a %ariable,

    or, the di&&erence amount between the %ariance be&ore and a&ter shock. @oth shocks

    originated &rom that %ariable itsel& and shocks o& other %ariables. ariance decomposition is

    used to predict the %ariance percentage contribution o& each %ariable due to changes in certain

    %ariables in the 02 system.

    !nders #+55-$ demonstrates mathematically the mechanism o& %ariance

    decomposition by &irst building n(step ahead &orecast error as &ollows)

    11 11 1 11 1 1+ 1+ 1 1+ 1#5$ #1$ ... # 1$ #5$ #1$ ... # 1$t n t t n yt n yt n yt zt n zt n zt y E y n n + + + + + + + + = + + + + + + +

    he %ariance o& the n(step ahead &orecast error %ariance o& t ny + can be obtained

    + + + + + + + + +

    11 11 11 1+ 1+ 1+# $ #5$ #1$ ... # 1$ #5$ #1$ ... # 1$y y zn n n = + + + + + + +

    @ecause all+# $jk i are nonnegati%e then %ariance o& the &orecast error increases as

    &orecast horizon n increases. :roportions o&+# $y n due to shocks in *yt and *t

    se>uences are

    + +

    11 11 1 11 1

    +

    #5$ #1$ ... # 1$

    # $

    y yt n yt n yt

    y

    n

    n

    + + + + + +

    and

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    ! "+ 1+ 1+ 1 1+ 1+

    #5$ #1$ ... # 1$

    # $

    z zt n zt n zt

    y

    n

    n

    + + ++ + +

    /% &es"lts !nalysis/%'% 2nit &oot 3est

    he test employed is 0ugmented 'ickey 9uller #0'9$ test.

    he model used in 0'9 test is)

    1 1

    +

    p

    t t i t i t

    i

    Y Y Y +=

    = + + +

    9rom the abo%e mode, a hypothesis can be &ormulated)

    ;on(stationary data B stationary data

    5

    5

    < ) 1

    #;on stationary data$

    < ) 1

    #/tationary data$

    p

    i

    i

    p

    i

    i

    =

    uare 2esidual

    k lag length

    > number o& regressor k 1 number o& estimated parameter

    !!R k"IC k T #

    T

    !!R k!C k T # T

    T

    = +

    = +

    =

    = = + =

    'etermination o& optimal lag used by the researcher in order to estimate a short run

    e>uation is based on 0kaike In&ormation Criterion #0IC$. he criterion o& optimal lag

    in&ormation can be seen in able + below.

    Intercept8rend ?

    Intercept

    None Intercept8rend ?

    Intercept

    None

    1 LJCI 7.5255 7.175+ 7.501# 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    2 LD! 7.5551 7.)+55 1.7777 7.7777 7.7771 7.2)#)

    # LC!I 7.077 7.$0+ 1.7777 7.7777 7.7777 7.#10#

    $ I" 7.)01 7.10#5 7.#202 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    ) LDJI 7.$#+7 7.$011 7.1 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    + LN,- 7.11)$ 7.$2$2 7.#22# 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    L/SI 7.+51 7.$#52 7.07$7 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    0 LCL 7.$#$ 7.7)15 7.0)5 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    5 LC! 7.+))) 7.#0+1 7.017 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    17 LLD 7.5+2 7.7111 7.5550 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    11 LIL 7.+15$ 7.1)) 7.0)2+ 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    12 L"99" 7.)771 7.11)5 7.02#5 7.7777 7.7777 7.7777

    No. Variable

    Le;el =irst Di::erence

    @nit "oot 8est &! Value(

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    +1

    3able +% Comparison between se*eral model selection criterion

    0ccording to able * abo%e, it can be seen that the optimal lag based on 0IC is lag 7.

    /%+% Cointe#ration 3esthe purpose o& cointegration test is to assess similarities o& mo%ement and

    relationship stability between %ariables in a long(run. When a data series contains a unit root

    and integrated to the same order, cointegration test can be per&ormed to assess the existence

    o& cointegration. In this research, the JohansenHs Cointegration est method is employed. 0n

    in&luential relationship can be seen &rom the cointegration that exists between %ariables.When a cointegration exists between %ariables, this implies that in&luential relationship

    occurs throughout %ariables and in&ormation is parallelly distributed.

    he JohansenHs Cointegration est indicates that a cointegrating %ector exists, or at least a

    linear independent combination exists &rom the %ariables contained in the model. he

    conse>uence is that alternati%e hypothesis which states the presence o& cointegration

    relationship can be accepted.

    $ag $og$ $% F&" 'IC SC

    7 1770.701 N 2.119

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    ++

    3able /% 3race 3est &es"lts

    his cointegration in able -. test is based on trace test, since the %ariables do not

    ha%e normal distributions. he Johansen Cointegration est o& %ariables indicates the

    existence o& ele%en cointegration e>uations. ;ot all %ariables are stationary in le%elB

    there&ore, there is a cointegration among %ariables. hus, estimation model by !C" can

    generate stationary estimation and errors. Cointegration test result indicates that research

    %ariable has long(term relation. It can be concluded that the next step o& analyzing short(run

    analysis between research %ariable in long(term can be executed.

    /%/% on#6&"n ModelIn the long(run #with the use o& cointegrating %ectors interpretation$, the &ollowing

    model in able - can be constructed. We also compute error correction %ariable &rom the

    cointegrating relationship between the %ariables.

    None A 7.)$)$ 1701.#+) ##$.50# 7t most 1 A 7.$52$ 0+#.2001 20).1$2) 7

    t most 2 A 7.+5)00 ++1.#20# 2#5.2#)$ 7

    t most # A 7.)$511 $0.)0# 15.#75 7.7771

    t most $ A 7.)27)) #1.75)$ 1)5.)25 7

    t most ) A 7.#+1 2+#.+70 12).+1)$ 7

    t most + A 7.##+7+# 15$.)252 5).)#++ 7

    t most A 7.2)22#0 1#$.#2# +5.01005 7

    t most 0 A 7.227721 52.25$#+ $.0)+1# 7

    t most 5 A 7.1077+ )+.71)7+ 25.57 7

    t most 17 A 7.1)01$5 2).00$1 1).$5$1 7.771

    t most 11 7.77$$1 7.+)$225 #.0$1$++ 7.$10+

    @nrestricted Cointegration "ank 8est &8race(

    8race

    Statistics

    7.7)

    Critical Value !rob.AA9igen;alue

    /%pot3esi>ed

    No. o: C9&s(

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    +*

    3able 1% -$CM on#6&"n Model

    $JCI(*1) $GD&(*1)

    C

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    +-

    /%1% Gran#er Ca"sality 3est

    3able 7% Gran#er Ca"sality 3est &es"lts

    U ;ull hypothesis re=ected at 1 signi&icance le%el

    UU;ull hypothesis re=ected at signi&icance le%el

    UUU ;ull hypothesis re=ected at 15 signi&icance le%el

    he ranger(causality test is conducted to study the lead(lag relationships between

    JCI, macroeconomic %ariables, global stock markets and commodity prices. he results are

    reported in able 8 abo%e. "acroeconomic %ariables, namely, C:I and ': are &ound to

    be the most important %ariables in determining the JCI per&ormance when they were

    considered in pairs with the JCI using the ranger causality test. he results also indicate that

    the pricesH &luctuation o& global commodity such as old, Oil, C:O and Coal does not

    signi&icantly a&&ect the per&ormance o& JCI. 9urthermore, the mo%ement o& global stock

    markets such as 'ow Jones, ;ikkei and

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    /%7% Imp"lse &esponse ."nction0n impulse response &unction states the e&&ect o& one standard de%iation shock to one

    o& the inno%ations on current time %alues and &uture %alues o& endogenous %ariables. 0 shock

    &rom endogenous %ariable directly in&luences the %ariable itsel&, which then in&luences other

    endogenous %ariables through the dynamic structure o& 02 and !C. I29 pro%ides

    direction and magnitude o& the e&&ect between endogenous %ariables as it demonstrates the

    in&luence o& one(standard de%iation endogenous %ariable shock on other endogenous

    %ariables and the %ariable itsel&. here&ore, with new in&ormation coming up, any shock that

    occur in a %ariable, will a&&ect the %ariable itsel& and other %ariables in a system. Impulse

    2esponse 9unction on research %ariables &or 15 upcoming period is presented below.

    .i#"re 7% Imp"lse &esponse ."nction

    o obtain additional insights into the mechanism o& transmissions o& stock market

    mo%ements, we now examine the pattern o& dynamic responses o& JCI to inno%ation &rom

    each %ariable. 0s can be seen &rom the table abo%e, the impulse response o& the JCI to a ':

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI to 68DP

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI to 6CPI

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI to RAT$

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI to 6D9:

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI to 6'I;;$I

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI to 6HA'8

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI t o 6C9A6

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI to 6CP9

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI to 6896D

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI to 69I6

    +,-.

    +,-/

    ,--

    ,-/

    ,-.

    )- 0- 1- /- 2- 3- 4- .- 5- )--

    Response of 67CI t o 6

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    +8

    implies that JCI responds most strongly to ': on month 15 and +5 when the ': shocks

    occurs. his may re&lect a low degree o& economic and &inancial integration and the &ree

    in&ormation between the real and capital sectors. o some extent, JCI also reacts to ':

    without lag. @ecause the two %ariables operate with a lag, this result is as expected.

    9urther examination o& &igure abo%e re%eals some interesting patterns. 0s can be seen

    &rom the &igure, JCI responds positi%ely to 'ow Jones and old while JCI responds

    negati%ely to

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    +?

    /%9% -ariance Decomposition3able 9% -ariance Decomposition o JCI &es"lts

    able ? reports the %ariance decomposition results &or the e&&ect o& %arious shocks

    in%ol%ed in the !C" model on the JCI. 0ll !C" models include 7 lags. he numbers

    reported indicate the percentage o& the &orecast error in each %ariable that we can attribute to

    each o& the structural inno%ations at di&&erent horizons #&rom 1 month to 155 months$. We

    report the percentages &or selected &orecast horizons o& multiple ten.

    he decomposition results show that e%en in the long(run #i.e the 155(month &orecast

    horizon$, ':, C:I and Interest 2ate contribute a relati%ely small share to the %ariation o&

    JCI. On the other hand, 'ow Jones and Oil :rices are the shocks that produce the highest

    %ariation in the JCI. In the short run #e.g., 1(month &orecast horizon$, JCI, 'ow Jones, and Oil

    :rices produces -?, 1?, and +5 o& the %ariation o& JCI, respecti%ely. !xtending the

    &ocus to the long(run #e.g. 155(month &orecast horizon$, JCI, 'ow Jones, and Oil :rices

    generates 16, ++, and 17 o& the %ariation o& JCI.

    /%:%.orecastin#

    his study computed multistepLahead &orecast o& JCI by iterating &orward the reduced

    &orm !C". @ecause the ultimate test o& a &orecasting model is out(o&(sample per&ormance,

    this study &ocus on out(&o(sample per&ormance o& JCI &rom period January +51* to 'ecember

    +51*. 0ccording to the &orecast, JCI will increase steadily to **1. in June +51* and ?+6.7

    in 'ecember +51*.

    !eriod S.9. LJCI LD! LC!I "89 LD4 LNI,,9I L/N LCL LC! LLD LIL L"891 7.7)$50 177 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

    17 7.#1$2$2 $.+$)1) 7.)1#5)$ 1.0#52 7.+)$)$2 1.252$# 1.75#$1) 1.$7#275 1.$21$ 2.5)#2) 2.#+$02 27.+1#) 2.7#0)+

    27 7.$+52# 2$.$7$+ 1.2$$$$ 1.$5#) 7.0770 21.001 1.$0$#55 $.777+ 1.557)70 12.1+$5 +.227521 21.)$12 1.277#0

    #7 7.))))0 22.2#7#) 1.17$52 2.#+21 7.+7+1+2 2#.1)+1+ 1.2#0$10 ).07$)+ 2.5272## 11.215+ 5.22$+22 15.152$1 7.00775)

    $7 7.+$271 22.1)5+ 7.05+)0 2.1)0$72 7.))$20 22.71 7.5017$ +.07#20# #.$#0# 5.5111 17.+1##2 15.)20+) 7.7)#70

    )7 7.11+2 21.$7)52 7.57$751 2.2+22 7.)7$+01 21.$0$22 7.07)27$ .)$2+22 #.522 17.77#) 17.507+$ 15.)++1 7.)52+#

    +7 7.#20+ 27.$$251 7.0$75#$ 2.)1)$$5 7.$)57)) 21.0057 7.+5175+ .5#+7++ #.05272) 17.#17+$ 11.215$ 15.25)# 7.)7+22

    7 7.0#27+5 27.770#2 7.$5)#) 2.+1+)2# 7.$#1#0) 22.2)20 7.)50))) 0.1#7) #.50$0) 17.727+1 11.+01+ 15.70+25 7.$#0+5+

    07 7.00027$ 15.172 7.+00++$ 2.+1)10 7.$10+11 22.27#0) 7.)2)+2 0.#07705 $.1#2$12 5.++2 12.7)71) 15.7$+$+ 7.#57)51

    57 7.5#55$ 15.)### 7.+$52 2.+$2))5 7.$7)75 22.12$0+ 7.$+5 0.+7)7 $.21$#$) 5.+1#$2 12.225## 15.77)+ 7.#)$$0

    177 7.50015 15.2550 7.+12#2 2.+5#$20 7.#57$2 22.15#) 7.$2)2+0 0.))#$) $.2#5++1 5.212 12.#)272 10.5$)#2 7.#2222)

    C3olesk% rderingE LJCI LD! LC!I "89 LD4 LNI,,9I L/N LCL LC! LLD LIL L"89

    Variance Decomposition o: LJCI

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    .i#"re 9% JCI .orecast &es"lts

    1% Concl"sions remarksOur paper pro%ides the latest examination o& the e&&ect o& macroeconomic %ariables,

    global index, and commodity prices on JCI. Asing the !C" methodology, we compute 15

    di&&erent structural shocks &or the JCI.

    he results show that the impact o& JCI, 'ow Jones, and Oil price &actor shocks play a

    signi&icant role in explaining the ad=ustments in JCI. 9urther, the ranger temporal causality

    tests suggest a strong role &or idiosyncratic C:I, 'ow, ':,

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