Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Wilson Rafael de Oliveira Felício
Author-Name-First: Wilson Rafael de Oliveira
Author-Name-Last: Felício
Author-Name:  José Luiz Rossi Júnior
Author-Name-First: José Luiz
Author-Name-Last: Rossi Júnior
Title: Common factors and the exchange rate: results from the Brazilian case
Abstract:  This paper studies the usefulness of factor models in explaining the dynamics of the exchange rate Real / Dollar from January 1999 to August 2011. The paper verifies that the inclusion of factors embedded on the common movements of exchange rates of a set of countries significantly improves the in-sample and out-of-sample predictive power of the models comprising only macroeconomic fundamentals commonly used in the literature to forecast the exchange rate. The paper also links the information contained in the factors toglobal shocks like the demand for dollars – a “dollar effect”, volatility and liquidity of global 
financial markets.
Length:  30 pages
Creation-Date:  2013
Order-URL: https://repositorio.insper.edu.br/handle/11224/5956
File-URL: https://repositorio.insper.edu.br/handle/11224/5956
File-Format: text/html
File-Function: Full text
Number: 183
Handle: RePEc:aap:wpaper:183