Abstract
This study examines linkages between daily oıl price dynamics and financial stress. We analyze the dynamic interaction mechanism between daily WTI crude oil prices and financial stress index of the United States developed by Polat (2017) with Structural VAR model in 01/10/1993 - 11/18/2016 period. The empirical results of the study suggest that there exist a significant relationship between oil price dynamics and financial stress and the relationship is dominated by the short-run.