Research Details

Abstract

This paper provides a detailed characterization of the volatility in the deutsche mark dollar foreign exchange market using an annual sample of five-minute returns. The approach captures the intraday activity patterns, the macroeconomic announcements, and the volatility persistence (ARCH) known from daily returns. The different features are separately quantified and shown to account for a substantial fraction of return variability, both at the intraday and daily level. The implications of the results for the interpretation of the fundamental driving forces behind the volatility process is also discussed.

Type

Article

Author(s)

Torben Andersen, Tim Bollerslev

Date Published

1998

Citations

Andersen, Torben, and Tim Bollerslev. 1998. Deutsche Mark-Dollar Volatility: Intraday Activity Patterns, Macroeconomic Announcements, and Longer Run Dependencies. Journal of Finance.(1): 219-265.