Commodity price perdictability: commodity currencies or global risk factor

In this paper, I argue that global factors also have a role in forecasting commodity prices. That is, both global factors and the exchange rates of small commodity exporters have predictive power over global commodity prices. I show that part of the information embedded in these countries' exch...

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Autor principal: Kiguel, Andrea
Otros Autores: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Formato: Tesis de maestría acceptedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/utdt/2009
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Sumario:In this paper, I argue that global factors also have a role in forecasting commodity prices. That is, both global factors and the exchange rates of small commodity exporters have predictive power over global commodity prices. I show that part of the information embedded in these countries' exchange rates is capturing a common risk factor relevant for forecasting. Given this result, I separate the predictability coming from changes in risk appetite versus 'true commodity views' in these commodity exporters' exchange rates to better understand the composition of risks. Using both aggregate indices and individual commodity prices, I study to what extent predictability in commodity price changes coming from a global factor and how much is due to commodity exporters' idiosyncratic information.