Bloomberg EM Local Currency Government Bond Index Total Return Unhedged USD Zero Slope Spline-GARCH Volatility Analysis
Volatility prediction for Friday, July 17th, 2026
1 Day
3.65%
decreased by 0.12%
1 Week
3.72%
decreased by 0.05%
1 Month
3.97%
increased by 0.20%
Analysis last updated: Friday, July 17, 2026 at 11:36 PM UTC
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How volatility evolves over timeParameter Estimates
Jul 16, 2008 to Apr 4, 2025Model Insight
This model fits a time-varying baseline (a spline), so volatility mean-reverts toward a slowly-shifting long-run level rather than a constant. Short-run deviations decay with a half-life of 48 trading days.
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Zero Slope Spline-GARCH Model
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| Parameter | Value | t-statistic |
|---|---|---|
ω const Unconditional variance weight | 1.2760 | 6.83*** |
α ARCH Response to squared shocks | 0.0781 | 6.31*** |
β GARCH Volatility persistence | 0.9074 | 73.58*** |
Spline Coefficients
K=1
| γ1 | 0.0026 | 2.77*** |
Persistence:
0.986
Half-life:
48 days
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