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A Wikipedia Narration of the GameStop Short Squeeze
07th July, 2022This paper examines the usefulness of Wikipedia pageviews as indicator of the performance of stock prices. An examination is conducted on the GameStop (GME) case, which drew the investors’ and scholars’ attention in 2021 due to the short squeeze, and its skyrocketing price increase since 2021.
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What Moves Markets?
07th July, 2022What share of asset price movements is driven by news? This article finds that news account for about 50% of all bond and stock price movements in the United States and euro area since 2002, suggesting that a much larger share of return variation can be traced back to observable news than previously thought.
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Thirty years of hurt, never stopped me dreaming – speech by Andy Haldane
28th July, 2021On his last day as our Chief Economist, Andy Haldane shares his experience of working at the Bank of England for over 30 years. He covers inflation, the stability of the UK’s financial system, and how we communicate with the public.
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Ten ideas to reimagine Indonesia’s economy after COVID-19
07th May, 2021If Indonesia can quickly return to pre-pandemic growth rates, the country may become the world’s seventh-largest economy by 2030, from its 16th position in 2019, rising above Italy, Russia, South Korea, and others.
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