Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/244556 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 10/2019
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
In this paper, we evaluate the forecasting precision of survey expectations of the four financial variables in the Prospera survey commissioned by Sveriges Riksbank – one of Sweden's most important economic surveys. Our analysis shows that the market participants in the survey are able to significantly outperform the random walk for only one horizon and variable, namely the three-month horizon for the repo rate. At the longest horizon for the repo rate, and at all horizons for the five-year government bond yield, the random walk signif-icantly outperforms the market participants. For the exchange-rate data studied – SEK/USD and SEK/EUR – no significant differences in forecasting precision can be established. It accordingly seems that while the Prospera survey might be informative regarding the market participants' expectations, it does not carry much information about the actual future developments of the exchange rates and interest rates covered by the survey.
Subjects: 
Out-of-sample forecasts
Exchange rates
Interest rates
JEL: 
E47
G17
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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