Arbeitspapier

Forecasting Exchange Rates with Commodity Convenience Yields

This paper investigates whether commodity convenience yields - the yields that accrue to the holders of physical commodities - can predict the exchange rate of commodity-exporters' currencies. Predictability is a consequence of the fact that i) convenience yields are useful predictors for commodity prices and ii) commodity currencies have a strong relationship with commodity prices. The empirical evidence indicates that there is a significant relationship between aggregate measures of convenience yields and commodity currencies' exchange rate, both in-sample and outof- sample. A high level of convenience yields strongly predicts a depreciation of the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand dollars exchange rates at horizons of 1 to 24 months.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper ; No. 12.03

Classification
Wirtschaft
Foreign Exchange
International Finance Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
Subject
Exchange rates
Commodity currencies
Convenience yield
Wechselkurs
Volatilität
Rohstoffvorkommen
Australien
Kanada
Neuseeland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Beutler, Toni
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee
(where)
Gerzensee
(when)
2012

Handle
Last update
10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET

Data provider

This object is provided by:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.

Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Beutler, Toni
  • Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee

Time of origin

  • 2012

Other Objects (12)