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Exchange Rates and Macro News in Emerging Markets

DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1558

22 Pages Posted: 17 Mar 2016

See all articles by Guglielmo Maria Caporale

Guglielmo Maria Caporale

Brunel University London - Department of Economics and Finance; London South Bank University; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

Fabio Spagnolo

Brunel University London - Economics and Finance

Nicola Spagnolo

Brunel University London - Economics and Finance

Date Written: March 7, 2016

Abstract

This paper uses a VAR-GARCH(1,1) model to analyse mean and volatility spillovers between macro news (in the form of newspaper headlines) and the exchange rates vis-avis both the US dollar and the euro of the currencies of a group of emerging countries including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey over the period 02/1/2003-23/9/2014. The results suggest limited dynamic linkages between the first moments compared to the second moments, causality-in-variance being found in a number of cases. The conditional correlations also provide evidence of co-movement. Finally, the recent global financial crisis appears to have had a significant impact.

Keywords: Emerging markets, Exchange Rates, GARCH model, Macro news

JEL Classification: C32, F36, G15

Suggested Citation

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria and Spagnolo, Fabio and Spagnolo, Nicola, Exchange Rates and Macro News in Emerging Markets (March 7, 2016). DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1558. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2748468 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2748468

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Nicola Spagnolo

Brunel University London - Economics and Finance ( email )

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United Kingdom

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