Do Commodity Prices Affect the Australian Real Effective Exchange Rate: A Real-Time Quantile-Regression Analysis

45 Pages Posted: 16 Oct 2018

See all articles by Sebastian Rohloff

Sebastian Rohloff

University of the German Federal Armed Forces - Helmut Schmidt Universität

Date Written: September 21, 2018

Abstract

I use a real-time quantile-regression approach to analyze whether commodity prices have predictive value for movements of the Australian real effective exchange rate. To do so, I use a modified version of Frankel’s (1986, 2008, 2014) and Frankel and Rose’s (2010) model of commodity price determination using real interest rates and real exchange rates. In-sample analyses and inclusion of the GSCI (sub-)indices in out-of-sample models indicate some predictive value for forecasters that have an asymmetric loss function. These results are partly confirmed when compared with different benchmark models using an out-of-sample R2 statistic and in terms of Fair-Shiller regressions. However, these findings depend on the studied forecasting technique and the loss function that is assumed.

Keywords: Quantile Regression, Exchange Rates, Commodity Prices, Forecasting

JEL Classification: C53, E17, Q02

Suggested Citation

Rohloff, Sebastian, Do Commodity Prices Affect the Australian Real Effective Exchange Rate: A Real-Time Quantile-Regression Analysis (September 21, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3253025 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3253025

Sebastian Rohloff (Contact Author)

University of the German Federal Armed Forces - Helmut Schmidt Universität ( email )

Holstenhofweg 85
Hamburg, 22008
Germany

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Downloads
57
Abstract Views
503
Rank
659,560
PlumX Metrics