I use a real-time quantile-regression approach to analyze whether commodity prices have predictive value for movements of the Australian real effective exchange rate. To do so, I use a modified version of Frankel's (1986, 2008, 2014) and Frankel and Rose's (2010) model of commodity price...

The Australian dollar is known as a commodity currency because it is sensitive to fluctuations of commodity prices. Although the structure of Australian production has historically moved from the primary commodities to manufacturing and services, market expectations of the currency are still...