Market Participants’ Forecasts of Financial Variables – Can Survey Data Outperform the Random Walk?

Kamil Kladivko () and Pär Österholm
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Kamil Kladivko: Örebro University School of Business, Postal: Örebro University, School of Business, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden, https://www.oru.se/english/employee/kamil_kladivko

No 2019:10, Working Papers from Örebro University, School of Business

Abstract: In this paper, we evaluate the forecasting precision of survey expectations of the four financial variables in the Prospera survey commissioned by Sveriges Riksbank – one of Sweden’s most important economic surveys. Our analysis shows that the market participants in the survey are able to significantly outperform the random walk for only one horizon and variable, namely the three-month horizon for the repo rate. At the longest horizon for the repo rate, and at all horizons for the five-year government bond yield, the random walk signif-icantly outperforms the market participants. For the exchange-rate data studied – SEK/USD and SEK/EUR – no significant differences in forecasting precision can be established. It accordingly seems that while the Prospera survey might be informative regarding the market participants’ expectations, it does not carry much information about the actual future developments of the exchange rates and interest rates covered by the survey.

Keywords: Out-of-sample forecasts; Exchange rates; Interest rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E47 G17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2019-11-27
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