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Table 5 Individual components of the 1-month forward discount (Eq. 3)

From: Great expectations? evidence from Colombia’s exchange rate survey

Year

Forward discount \(F_{t}^{t+k}-S_{t}\)

Future depreciation \(\Delta S_{t+k}\)

Forecast error \(E_{t}[S_{i,t+k}]-S_{t+k}\)

Risk premium \(rp_t\)

Expected depreciation \(E_t[\Delta S_{i,t+k}]\)

2003 (Oct–Dec)

0.2

−1.3

0.7

0.8

−0.6

2004

0.4

−1.2

1.2

0.4

0.0

2005

0.0

−0.4

0.4

0.0

0.0

2006

−0.3

−0.2

−0.3

0.2

−0.5

2007

0.1

−0.9

0.5

0.5

−0.4

2008

0.1

0.9

−2.0

1.2

−1.1

2009

−0.2

−0.8

−0.6

1.2

−1.4

2010

−0.4

−0.5

−0.2

0.4

−0.8

2011

−0.1

0.1

−0.8

0.6

−0.7

2012 (Jan–Aug)

−0.1

−1.2

0.2

0.8

−0.9

Average

0.0

−0.5

−0.1

0.6

−0.6

  1. Source: Central Bank Data and author’s calculations (mean values)