<p>I am interested in understanding when the stock market can influence real growth and the opposite, when real growth can influence the stock market. In other words, in which way causation is more likely to work?</p>

<p>In particular if stock market is growing, will GDP increase or will decrease?</p>

<p>After studying the Blanchard model, I found out that both ways are possible, in fact in its model there are two cases, good news and bad news, but it was never explained in my studies why in one particular market we are in the first case or in the second.</p>

<p>I only know that the answer depends somehow on market efficiency and if the country is still developing or not.</p>

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2015-11-29T01:00:28.637Z
Stock market affects real growth via wealth affect and via the route of cost of financing that is the interest rate. It is cyclic. A growing stock market will boost GDP as wealth of consumers increase and a growth in GDP will make the stock market grow. But of course, the growth comes with the cost of inflation which should be kept at optimum levels. And this gives rise to intervention which may break this cycle.
Sub-Optimal
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2014-11-19T09:20:28.180Z
I highly doubt you could give a sound argument for causation. As with most (social) sciences, one is pretty much limited to correlations. There are plenty of studies, however, that indicate and incredibly weak correlation between the two.
daOnlyBG
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2014-11-19T15:24:44.983Z
I'm not sure how this question is more broad than some of the other questions already out there. More comments could be helpful. If anything, I'd like to know where to go to find out more about this topic.
jmbejara
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2014-11-20T09:42:31.110Z
Well, as Paul Samuelson famously put it: "The stock market has predicted 9 out of the last 5 recessions!"
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What is the relationship between real growth and stock market
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# What is the relationship between real growth and stock market

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-11-19)

I am interested in understanding when the stock market can influence real growth and the opposite, when real growth can influence the stock market. In other words, in which way causation is more likely to work?

In particular if stock market is growing, will GDP increase or will decrease?

After studying the Blanchard model, I found out that both ways are possible, in fact in its model there are two cases, good news and bad news, but it was never explained in my studies why in one particular market we are in the first case or in the second.

I only know that the answer depends somehow on market efficiency and if the country is still developing or not.

**Tags:** macroeconomics

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I highly doubt you could give a sound argument for causation. As with most (social) sciences, one is pretty much limited to correlations. There are plenty of studies, however, that indicate and incredibly weak correlation between the two.  
> **username_3**: I'm not sure how this question is more broad than some of the other questions already out there. More comments could be helpful. If anything, I'd like to know where to go to find out more about this topic.  
> **username_4**: Well, as Paul Samuelson famously put it: "The stock market has predicted 9 out of the last 5 recessions!"  
> **username_1**: Stock market affects real growth via wealth affect and via the route of cost of financing that is the interest rate. It is cyclic. A growing stock market will boost GDP as wealth of consumers increase and a growth in GDP will make the stock market grow. But of course, the growth comes with the cost of inflation which should be kept at optimum levels. And this gives rise to intervention which may break this cycle.  

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