The Macroeconomic Determinants of Volatility in Precious Metals Markets



Table 1- Estimation of Auxiliary Regressions

Panel A: Equation (5)

F1

F2

Q(24)

______R-sq

S&P 500

.91

.37

.98

.08

S&P 500 Dividend Yield

.00

.48

.99

.98

World ex US

.82

.46

.92

.09

World ex US Dividend Yield

.00

.44

.99

.95

Term Structure

.29

.31

.99

.12

US M2

.00

.87

.34

.32

Industrial Production

.00

.04

.99

.18

Inflation

.00

.29

.99

.49

US Dollar Index

.00

.39

.95

.25

Consumer Confidence

.71

.01

.99

.19

Gold

.12

.48

.98

.12

Palladium

.71

.50

.95

.08

Silver

.45

.26

.99

.10

Platinum______________________

.09

.39

.71

____________.12

Panel B: Equation (4)

F1 F2 Q(24)

R-sq.

S&P 500

.75    .83    .40

.07

S&P 500 Dividend Yield

.00    .88    .28

.15

World ex US

.12    .49    .93

.12

World ex US Dividend Yield

.24    .50    .94

.11

Term Structure

.20    .00    .99

.22

US M2

.00    .59    .99

.20

Industrial Production

.74    .00    .92

.16

Inflation

.02    .05    .98

.18

US Dollar Index

.60     .84    .97

.07

Consumer Confidence

.05    .44    .96

.13

Gold

.00    .79    .99

.15

Palladium

.13    .90    .36

.10

Silver

.00    .92    .97

.14

Platinum______________________

.04    .39    .76

.13__________

Note- F1 refers to an F-statistic to test for joint exclusion of all lagged dependent
variables, while F
2 is similarly F-test for joint exclusion of all seasonal variables. P-
values are reported. Q(24) is Ljung-Box Q test for auotocorrelation with 24 degrees of
freedom.

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