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The US Dollar-Euro exchange rate and US-EMU bond yield differentials: A Causality Analysis

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2011-07
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This paper test for causality between the US Dollar-Euro exchange rate and US-EMU bond yield differentials. To that end, we apply Hsiao (1981)’s sequential procedure to daily data covering the 1999-2011 period. Our results suggest the existence of statistically significant Granger causality running one-way from bond yield differentials to the exchange rate, but not the other way around.
Este trabajo realiza un contraste de causalidad entre el tipo de cambio dólar estadounidense-euro y el diferencial de rendimiento de los bonos entre Estados Unidos y la Zona Euro. Para ello, se aplica el procedimiento secuencial de Hsiao (1981) a datos diarios para el período 1999-2011. Nuestros resultados sugieren la existencia de causalidad en el sentido de Granger estadísticamente significativa desde el diferencial de rendimiento de los bonos hacia el tipo de cambio, pero no a la inversa.
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