We study the impact of positive and negative macroeconomic US and European news announcements in different phases of the business cycle on the highfrequency volatility of the EUR/USD exchange rate. The results suggest that in general bad news increases volatility more than good news. The news...

In this paper, we incorporate time-varying mixing probabilities into univariate and bivariate mixture multiplicative error models. Switching between the regimes is governed by an observable predetermined variable. The models are applicable to positive-valued time series, and are particularly...

We argue that a transaction tax is likely to amplify, not dampen, volatility in the foreign exchange markets. Our argument stems from the decentralised trading practice and the presumable discrepancy between 'informed' and 'uninformed' traders' valuations. Since informed traders' valuations are...