Forecasting the dollar/euro exchange rate: are international parities useful?
✍ Scribed by Simón Sosvilla-rivero; Emma García
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0277-6693
- DOI
- 10.1002/for.955
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In this paper we assess the empirical relevance of an expectations version of purchasing power parity in forecasting the dollar/euro exchange rate. This version is based on the differential of inflation expectations derived from inflation‐indexed bonds for the euro area and the USA.
Using the longest daily data for both the dollar/euro exchange rate and for the inflation expectations, our results suggest that, with few exceptions, our predictors behave significantly better than a random walk in forecasts up to five days, both in terms of prediction errors and in directional forecasts. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.