... different time windows prior to the event, with the first row measuring returns on the day prior to the event, the second row on the 2 days prior to the event, and so on. Standard deviations are calculated ... (3). The results show that the content of FSRs reflects to some extent prior financial market developments. There is a monotonic relation between the tone of FSRs and the preceding stock market ... in the underlying analytical tools, and on the other hand, that there has been a large increase in the number of central banks that publish FSRs. The frontrunners are the Bank of England, the...