This article shows how IGARCH effects can arise as an artifact of unaccounted structural change. Using daily returns for the DM/US$ and Yen/US$ exchange rates, the finding is shown to have empirical relevance. GARCH models appear to be useful approximations, for short-term forecasting, to a data...

This paper estimates the factors underlying the volatility of the euro overnight interest rate and its transmission along the euro area money market yield curve. A new multivariate unobserved components model is proposed allowing for both long-memory and stationary cyclical dynamics. Using...

In the framework of a new money market econometric model, we assess the degree of precision achieved by the European Central Bank ECB) in meeting its operational target for the short-term interest rate and the impact of the U.S. sub-prime credit crisis on the euro money market during the second...

The aim of this paper is to provide econometric tools to analyse and forecast inflation dynamics in the Euro area, starting from a small-scale cointegrated VAR system. In order to supply information on the long-run inflation trend, a forward-looking quot;corequot; inflation measure is...

The paper investigates linkages between general macroeconomic conditions and the housing market for the G-7 area. Among the key results of the paper, it is found that the US are an important source of global fluctuations not only for real activity, nominal variables and stock prices, but also...