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

Volatility prediction for Wednesday, September 9th, 2026

1 Day

9.33%

decreased by 0.31%

1 Week

9.36%

decreased by 0.28%

1 Month

9.50%

decreased by 0.14%

Analysis last updated: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 07:11 PM UTC

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

News Impact Curve

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Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 2, 1990 to Sep 4, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.998, volatility shocks have a half-life of 356 trading days (~1.4 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 2.82 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 ~356 daysv = 2.82 · fat tails
ParamValuet-stat
ωconst1.0275
1.79*
αARCH0.0377
26.62***
βGARCH0.9981
1,041.81***
νDF2.8162
43.07***

0.998

Persistence

356d

Half-life
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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

const

Unconditional variance weight

1.0275
1.79*
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.0377
26.62***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.9981
1,041.81***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

2.8162
43.07***

Persistence:

0.998

Half-life:

356 days