We propose an empirical model for deviations from long-run purchasing power parity (PPP) that simultaneously accounts for three key features: (i) adjustment toward PPP may occur via nominal exchange rates and relative prices at different speeds; (ii) different exchange rate regimes may generate...

We examine the forecasting performance of a range of time-series models of the daily U.S. effective federal funds (FF) rate recently proposed in the literature. We find that: (1) most of the models and predictor variables considered produce satisfactory one-day-ahead forecasts of the FF rate,...

This article examines empirically the dynamic relationship between spot and futures prices in stock index futures markets employing a class of nonlinear, regime‐switching‐vector‐equilibrium‐correction models, which is novel in this context. Using data for the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100...