Five macroeconomic features were associated with high volatility according to him (conveniently he is also director of the Volatility Institute at NYU):These were: 1) high inflation; 2) low growth rate of output; 3) high volatility of the short-term interest rate; 4) high volatility of the growth of gross domestic product; and 5) high volatility of the inflation rate.
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