Bernoth, Kerstin; Hagen, Jürgen von; Vries, Casper G. de - 2020
The use of futures exchange contracts instead of forwards completes the maturity spectrum of the correlation between … the spot yield and the premium. We find that the forward premium puzzle (FFP) depends significantly on the maturity horizon … currency returns. But only in the pre-crisis period and when the maturity of the assets is longer than about three months. …