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US Dollar to South African Rand GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Monday, November 9th, 2026

1 Day

8.42%

decreased by 0.37%

1 Week

8.45%

decreased by 0.34%

1 Month

8.57%

decreased by 0.22%

Analysis last updated: Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 02:04 PM UTC

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graph of US Dollar to South African Rand GAS-GARCH-T

News Impact Curve

How returns affect tomorrow's volatility

Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 2, 1990 to Nov 6, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.998, volatility shocks have a half-life of 384 trading days (~1.5 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 3.91 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 0.998, shock half-life ~384 daysv = 3.91 · fat tails
ParamValuet-stat
ωlong-run0.9241
1.96**
αscore0.0503
24.17***
βpersistence0.9982
1,212.87***
νDF3.9143
17.81***

0.998

Persistence

384d

Half-life
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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

long-run

Long-run variance given a price move

0.9241
1.96**
α

score

Weight on the scaled score

0.0503
24.17***
β

persistence

Volatility persistence

0.9982
1,212.87***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

3.9143
17.81***

Persistence:

0.998

Half-life:

384 days