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US Dollar to Russian Ruble GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Monday, October 19th, 2026

1 Day

20.10%

decreased by 1.48%

1 Week

20.13%

decreased by 1.45%

1 Month

20.25%

decreased by 1.33%

Analysis last updated: Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 03:09 PM UTC

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graph of US Dollar to Russian Ruble GAS-GARCH-T

News Impact Curve

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Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 5, 1996 to Oct 16, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.999, volatility shocks have a half-life of 537 trading days (~2.1 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 2.13 degrees of freedom, capturing fatter tails than a normal distribution.

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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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High persistence: persistence 0.999, shock half-life ~537 daysv = 2.13 · fat tails
ParamValuet-stat
ωconst3.5450
3.27***
αARCH0.0558
36.34***
βGARCH0.9987
2,728.72***
νDF2.1302
907.26***

0.999

Persistence

537d

Half-life
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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

const

Unconditional variance weight

3.5450
3.27***
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.0558
36.34***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.9987
2,728.72***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

2.1302
907.26***

Persistence:

0.999

Half-life:

537 days