\begin{table}[htbp] \centering \begin{threeparttable} \caption{Granger Causality Tests} \label{tab:granger} \begin{tabular}{l c c} \toprule Direction & {$F$-stat} & {$p$-value} \\ \midrule SPY $\to$ Fed\_NoChange & $1.28$ & 0.285 \\ BTC $\to$ Fed\_NoChange & $1.95$ & 0.110 \\ VIX $\to$ Fed\_NoChange & $2.73^{**}$ & 0.049 \\ Fed\_NoChange $\to$ SPY & $2.42^{*}$ & 0.072 \\ BTC $\to$ SPY & $2.42^{*}$ & 0.055 \\ VIX $\to$ SPY & $1.93$ & 0.112 \\ Fed\_NoChange $\to$ BTC & $1.51$ & 0.196 \\ SPY $\to$ BTC & $0.30$ & 0.585 \\ VIX $\to$ BTC & $2.12$ & 0.149 \\ Fed\_NoChange $\to$ VIX & $4.96^{***}$ & 0.001 \\ SPY $\to$ VIX & $1.29$ & 0.280 \\ BTC $\to$ VIX & $3.57^{***}$ & 0.010 \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \begin{tablenotes} \small \item \textit{Notes:} This table reports $F$-statistics and $p$-values for pairwise Granger causality tests. The null hypothesis is that the causing variable does not Granger-cause the caused variable. Lag length selected by AIC. $^{***}$, $^{**}$, $^{*}$ denote significance at 1\%, 5\%, 10\%. \end{tablenotes} \end{threeparttable} \end{table}