Interaction between oil and US dollar exchange rate: nonlinear causality, time-varying influence and structural breaks in volatility

Fenghua Wen, Jihong Xiao, Chuangxia Huang and Xiao-Hua Xia

Applied Economics, 2018, vol. 50, issue 3, 319-334

Abstract: This article examines the nonlinear Granger causality and time-varying influence between crude oil prices and the US dollar (USD) exchange rate using the Hiemstra and Jones (HP) test, the Diks and Panchenko (DP) test and the time-varying parameter structural vector autoregression model. By applying the iterated cumulative sums of squares (ICSS) algorithm and the DCC-GARCH model, the effects of structural breaks in volatility of the two markets are also investigated. The empirical analysis indicates that, first, crude oil prices are the nonlinear Granger-cause of the USD exchange rate, but not vice versa. Second, the USD exchange rate exerts a stronger and more stable negative influence on crude oil prices in the short term, and the influence gradually weakens after 2012. Finally, ignoring structural breaks can increase the negative volatility correlation between the oil and USD exchange rate markets, which is particularly remarkable during the financial crisis.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1321838

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