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Exchange rates forecasting model: an alternative estimation procedure


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Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi and Liew, Khim Sen and Lim, Kian Ping (2004) Exchange rates forecasting model: an alternative estimation procedure. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 12 (1). pp. 149-172. ISSN 0128-7680; ESSN: 2231-8526

Abstract

This study proposes an alternative procedure for modelling exchange rates behaviour, which is a linear combination of a long-run function and a short-run function. Our procedure involves modelling of the long-run relationship and this is followed by the short-run function. Among all the possible combinations of modelling techniques, we proposed the simplest form, namely modelling the long-run function by the well established purchasing power parity (PPP) based model and setting up the short-run function based on its time series properties. Results of this study suggest that our procedure yields powerful forecasting models as they easily outperform the simple random walk model-which is rarely defeated in the literature of exchange rate forecasting-in terms of out-of-sample forecasting, for all the forecast horizons ranging from one to fourteen quarters. This study provides us with some hope of achieving a reasonable forecast for the ASEAN currencies using the fundamental monetary model just by a simple adaptation.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Economics and Management
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords: Forecasting; Exchange rate; Purchasing power parity; Interest rate differential; Mean deviation; Mean percentage error; Fisher's sign test
Depositing User: Nur Izyan Mohd Zaki
Date Deposited: 01 Dec 2009 00:47
Last Modified: 12 Feb 2016 08:19
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3663
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