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title: Global Economic Uncertainty & Oil Market
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5258748/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5258748
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5258748
featured: 2025-05-21
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
---


# Global Economic Uncertainty & Oil Market

The research shows a predictable two-way relationship between the Global Economic Policy Uncertainty index and global crude oil prices, mainly seen in volatility correlation.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5258748
- Identifier: SSRN 5258748
- Released: 2025-05-17
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 98 (2025-05-21): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-05-21/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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