you are currently viewing::White Paper-Monetary Policy Predicts Currency MovementsFebruary 9, 2025--Abstract
Archived data, known by currency traders at the time, estimates central bank restrictiveness as a scaling of the residual from out-of-sample panel regressions of M1 on macroeconomic variables tied to domestic and international transaction requirements. Carry's ability to forecast currency returns is subsumed by the central bank restrictiveness signal, which also forecasts inflation. Source: ssrn.com |
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