On Time Series Modeling of Nigeria’s External Reserves

Authors

Doguwa I. Sani, Central Bank of Nigeria
Sarah O. Alade, Central Bank of Nigeria

Keywords

External Reserves, ARIMA, SARIMA, SARIMA-X, ARDL, Statistical Loss Functions

Abstract

This paper proposes three short-term forecasting models for the adjusted external reserves using the seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA), seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average with an exogenous input (SARIMA-X) and an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) processes. The performances of the proposed models are compared with the existing model obtained using an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) process using the pseudo-out-of-sample forecasting procedure over July 2013 to May 2014. The results show that SARIMA model outperformed the other models in three to six months forecast horizon, whereas ARDL model performs better in one to two months forecast horizon. Therefore, in forecasting external reserves in longer horizon, the paper concludes that seasonality should be accounted for by using the SARIMA model.

Author Bio

The authors are staff of the Economic Policy Directorate, Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja – Nigeria. The views expressed in the paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The authors acknowledge the pertinent comments of the referees which have led to tremendous improvements on the earlier version of the paper. They are also grateful to O.N. Edem for the provided research assistance.

Publication Title

CBN Journal of Applied Statistics

Issue

1(a)

Volume

6

Recommended Citation

Sani, Doguwa I. and Alade, Sarah O. (2015) "On Time Series Modeling of Nigeria’s External Reserves," CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS): Vol. 6: No. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://dc.cbn.gov.ng/jas/vol6/iss1/1