Global Macro Risks in Currency Excess Returns

This paper has benefited from presentations at American University, Bank of Canada, the 2015 Canadian Economic Association Meetings, Colby College, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Miami University, Notre Dame Seminars, Sam Houston State University, University of Colorado, University of New Hampshire, University of Mississippi, University of North Carolina, 2015 WAMS Sydney, and 2016 Workshop on Macroeconomic Uncertainty at University College London, and 6th Workshop on Financial Determinants of Foreign Exchange Rates, Bank of England. We thank Tom Cosimano, Alex Maynard, and especially, an anonymous Associate Editor for comments that helped improve the paper. All errors are our own. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.