On Fundamentals and Exchange Rates: A Casselian Perspective
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- Published by MIT Press in The Review of Economics and Statistics
- Vol. 79 (4) , 655-664
- https://doi.org/10.1162/003465397557060
Abstract
Using an expanded version of the purchasing-power-parity condition we construct simultaneous equation models for three key exchange rates which incorporate meaningful long-run equilibrium relationships and complex short-run dynamics. We show that fully dynamic out-of-sample forecasts from these models are capable of significantly outperforming those of a random walk model over horizons as short as 3 months, and that they are also more accurate than the vast majority of professional forecasts. © 1997 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyKeywords
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