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Table 13 Normality testing for each region, conducted on the abnormal returns (ARs) of banking stock prices to monetary policy events. The test indicates a distinct lack of normality in the abnormal returns data

From: The impact of monetary policy interventions on banking sector stocks: an empirical investigation of the COVID-19 crisis

Statistic

U.S.A

Europe

China

Mean

− 0.002

− 0.001

0.000

Standard deviation

0.029

0.027

0.011

Skewness

− 0.153

− 0.110

0.646

Kurtosis

1.729

2.231

1.852

Shapiro–wilk stat

0.971

0.957

0.952

Shapiro–Wilk P Value

1.15E − 30

1.78E − 33

1.42E − 24