Forecasting commodity price indexes using macroeconomic and financial predictors |
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Authors: | Antonio Gargano Allan Timmermann |
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Institution: | 1. University of Melbourne, Australia;2. UCSD, United States;3. CREATES, Denmark |
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Abstract: | Using a long sample of commodity spot price indexes over the period 1947–2010, we examine the out-of-sample predictability of commodity prices by means of macroeconomic and financial variables. Commodity currencies are found to have some predictive power at short (monthly and quarterly) forecast horizons, while growth in industrial production and the investment–capital ratio have some predictive power at longer (yearly) horizons. Commodity price predictability is strongest when based on multivariate approaches that account for parameter estimation error. Commodity price predictability varies substantially across economic states, being strongest during economic recessions. |
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Keywords: | Predictability of commodity spot prices Out-of-sample forecast performance Recessions and expansions |
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