Commodity is one of the most volatile markets and forecasting its volatility is an issue of paramount importance. We study the dynamics of the commodity markets volatility by employing fractional stochastic volatility and heterogeneous autoregressive (HAR) models. Based on a high-frequency...

I examine the ability of equity market illiquidity to predict Australian macroeconomic variables, between 1976 and 2010. In contrast to existing, U.S.-based, studies, I find that stock market illiquidity does not, on average, have much predictive power over economic growth. Consistent with the...