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Table 7 Economic variables and the term premium

From: A survey-based estimation of the Swiss franc forward term premium

 

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Δ r 3 M

Δ r 12 M

Δ r 3 M

Δ r 12 M

Δ r 3 M

Δ r 12 M

Δ r 3 M

Δ r 12 M

(a) From March 1991 through August 2016

        

Constant

0

0

0.01

0.01

0

0

0.01

0.01

 

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

ΔBCI

0.05

0.08

    

0.03

0.08

 

(0.01)

(0.03)

    

(0.02)

(0.03)

Δ Libor 3 M

  

0.31

0.29

  

0.29

0.26

   

(0.08)

(0.08)

  

(0.08)

(0.07)

ΔCHF real

    

− 0.82

− 1.12

0.23

0.78

     

(0.67)

(0.75)

(0.57)

(0.92)

Adjusted R2

0.02

0.03

0.16

0.05

0

0

0.16

0.07

Observations

305

305

305

305

305

305

305

305

(b) From March 1991 through December 1999

        

Constant

0

0.01

0.04

0.04

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

 

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

ΔBCI

0.11

0.11

    

0.05

0.09

 

(0.04)

(0.06)

    

(0.04)

(0.07)

Δ Libor 3 M

  

0.47

0.42

  

0.45

0.4

   

(0.05)

(0.11)

  

(0.05)

(0.09)

ΔCHF real

    

− 2.19

0.37

0.12

3.43

     

(1.95)

(1.9)

(1.56)

(1.98)

Adjusted R2

0.04

0.01

0.35

0.1

0

-0.01

0.35

0.1

Observations

105

105

105

105

105

105

105

105

(c) From January 2000 through August 2016

        

Constant

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

ΔBCI

0.02

0.07

    

0.03

0.07

 

(0.01)

(0.03)

    

(0.01)

(0.03)

Δ Libor 3 M

  

-0.02

0.03

  

-0.03

-0.01

   

(0.08)

(0.06)

  

(0.08)

(0.06)

ΔCHF real

    

-0.27

-1.63

0.24

-0.23

     

(0.43)

(0.75)

(0.57)

(0.82)

Adjusted R2

0.01

0.06

0

0

0

0.01

0

0.05

Observations

199

199

199

199

199

199

199

199

  1. The table shows the regression results for economic variables and the term premium (see Fig. 6 for a graphical illustration of the relationships). All variables are in first differences. The dataset contains monthly observations. Heteroscedasticity- and autocorrelation-consistent standard errors (in parentheses) are applied, using the Newey and West (1987) correction. The number of lags used equals the length of the contract (number of months). ***, **, and * denote statistical significance (two-tailed) at the 1%, 5%, and 10% significance levels, respectively