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Author: Jeff M. Rogers Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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We examine intervention by the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of Australia for daily data from 1989 to 1998. Both central banks used to intervene in response to exchange rate volatility and uncertainty that appeared excessive. Volatility is measured via the implied volatility of foreign currency futures options. Uncertainty is proxied by the kurtosis of the implied risk-neutral probability density functions. We also examine the impact from the introduction of inflation targeting. In a departure from other studies of this kind, we explicitly consider the role of commodity futures prices. After all, both countries have been seen by many traders as being commodity currencies. Moreover, we also take into account the impact of a wide range of news events on the intervention practices of both central banks. These additional variables turn out to help explain the effectiveness of intervention. Central bank intervention was largely unsuccessful in both countries though volatility and kurtosis were modestly affected. We also find some notable differences in the impact of inflation targets in both countries on the effectiveness of foreign exchange intervention.
Author: Jeff M. Rogers Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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We examine intervention by the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of Australia for daily data from 1989 to 1998. Both central banks used to intervene in response to exchange rate volatility and uncertainty that appeared excessive. Volatility is measured via the implied volatility of foreign currency futures options. Uncertainty is proxied by the kurtosis of the implied risk-neutral probability density functions. We also examine the impact from the introduction of inflation targeting. In a departure from other studies of this kind, we explicitly consider the role of commodity futures prices. After all, both countries have been seen by many traders as being commodity currencies. Moreover, we also take into account the impact of a wide range of news events on the intervention practices of both central banks. These additional variables turn out to help explain the effectiveness of intervention. Central bank intervention was largely unsuccessful in both countries though volatility and kurtosis were modestly affected. We also find some notable differences in the impact of inflation targets in both countries on the effectiveness of foreign exchange intervention.
Author: Romain Lafarguette Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1513569406 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 33
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This paper presents a rule for foreign exchange interventions (FXI), designed to preserve financial stability in floating exchange rate arrangements. The FXI rule addresses a market failure: the absence of hedging solution for tail exchange rate risk in the market (i.e. high volatility). Market impairment or overshoot of exchange rate between two equilibria could generate high volatility and threaten financial stability due to unhedged exposure to exchange rate risk in the economy. The rule uses the concept of Value at Risk (VaR) to define FXI triggers. While it provides to the market a hedge against tail risk, the rule allows the exchange rate to smoothly adjust to new equilibria. In addition, the rule is budget neutral over the medium term, encourages a prudent risk management in the market, and is more resilient to speculative attacks than other rules, such as fixed-volatility rules. The empirical methodology is backtested on Banco Mexico’s FXIs data between 2008 and 2016.
Author: Gustavo Adler Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1475547234 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 40
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We study the use of foreign exchange (FX) intervention as an additional policy instrument in an environment with learning, where agents infer the central bank policy rules from its policy actions. Under full information, a central bank focused on stabilizing output and inflation can achieve better outcomes by using FX intervention as an additional policy tool. Under policy uncertainty, where agents perceive that monetary policy may also have exchange rate stabilization goals, the use of FX intervention entails a trade-off, reducing output volatility while increasing inflation volatility. While having an additional policy tool is always beneficial, we find that the optimal magnitude of intervention is higher in monetary policy regimes with lower uncertainty. These results indicate that the benefits of using FX intervention as an additional stabilization tool are greater in regimes where monetary policy is credibly focused on output and inflation stabilization.
Author: Julia Faltermeier Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1475589239 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 36
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We study the optimal foreign exchange (FX) intervention policy in response to a positive terms of trade shock and associated Dutch disease episode in a small open economy model. We find that during a Dutch disease episode tradable production drops below the socially optimal level, resulting in lower welfare under learningby- doing (LBD) externalities. FX reserves accumulation improves welfare by preventing a large appreciation of the real exchange rate and by inducing an efficient reallocation between the tradable and non-tradable sectors. For an empirically plausible parametrization of LBD externalities, the model predicts that in response to a 10 percent increase in commodity prices FX reserves should increase by 1.5 percent of GDP. We also find that the welfare gains from optimally using FX reserves are twice as high as the gains from relying only on monetary policy. These results suggest that FX intervention is a beneficial policy to counteract the loss of competitiveness during a Dutch disease episode.
Author: Rasmus Fatum Publisher: ISBN: Category : Foreign exchange rates Languages : en Pages : 0
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"The Bank of Canada is one of very few central banks that has made records of the intraday timing of its intervention operations available to researchers. The authors investigate the effectiveness of sterilized intervention in the Canadian dollar exchange rate market over the period January 1995 to September 1998. They employ an event study methodology and different criteria for success, and use both daily data and high-frequency (intraday) intervention and exchange rate data. The time period covers two distinct intervention regimes, characterized by mechanistic and discretionary intervention, respectively. Furthermore, the authors address the issue of currency comovements by carrying out the analysis using both the readily observable Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate and the Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate adjusted for general currency co-movements against the U.S. dollar. When they analyze the high-frequency data, the authors find evidence that intervention systematically affects movements in the Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate and in the desired direction, along with some evidence that intervention is associated with a reduction of exchange rate volatility. When investigating exchange rate movements around intervention events using daily data, the authors find some evidence supportive of effectiveness. These effects, however, are weakened when adjusting for currency comovements against the U.S. dollar."--Website.
Author: Gustavo Adler Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1513534602 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 42
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We study the effect of foreign exchange intervention on the exchange rate relying on an instrumental-variables panel approach. We find robust evidence that intervention affects the level of the exchange rate in an economically meaningful way. A purchase of foreign currency of 1 percentage point of GDP causes a depreciation of the nominal and real exchange rates in the ranges of [1.7-2.0] percent and [1.4-1.7] percent respectively. The effects are found to be quite persistent. The paper also explores possible asymmetric effects, and whether effectiveness depends on the depth of domestic financial markets.
Author: Mr.Jorge Iván Canales Kriljenko Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1451851847 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 60
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Based on evidence obtained from the IMF's 2001 Survey on Foreign Exchange Market Organization, the author argues that, for several reasons, some central banks in developing and transition economies may be able to conduct foreign exchange intervention more effectively than the central banks of developed countries issuing the major international currencies. First, these central banks do not always fully sterilize their foreign exchange interventions. In addition, they issue regulations and conduct their foreign exchange operations in a way that increases the central bank's information advantage and the size of their foreign exchange intervention relative to foreign exchange market turnover. Some of the central banks also use moral suasion to support their foreign exchange interventions.
Author: Indi Rajasingham Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1451946082 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 48
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An approach for minimizing risk through diversification of foreign exchange reserves and sovereign borrowings is proposed for central banks of small open economies. This approach--developed in a simple 2-period, 3-country framework--differs from past work in that the elements of exchange and price risk associated with trade and payments are considered in the portfolio allocation problem. The analysis shows that the net level of reserves and the primary transactions balance affect the optimal portfolio leading to deviations from the optimal allocation prescribed by the classical portfolio model. In addition, this result has implications for the currency composition of exchange market intervention transactions.
Author: Mr.Marco Airaudo Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1475523165 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 65
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We analyze coordination of monetary and exchange rate policy in a two-sector model of a small open economy featuring imperfect substitution between domestic and foreign financial assets. Our central finding is that management of the exchange rate greatly enhances the efficacy of inflation targeting. In a flexible exchange rate system, inflation targeting incurs a high risk of indeterminacy where macroeconomic fluctuations can be driven by self-fulfilling expectations. Moreover, small inflation shocks may escalate into much larger increases in inflation ex post. Both problems disappear when the central bank leans heavily against the wind in a managed float.
Author: Jeff M. Rogers
Author: Jeff M. Rogers
Author: Jeff M. Rogers
Author: Romain Lafarguette
Author: Gustavo Adler
Author: Julia Faltermeier
Author: Rasmus Fatum
Author: Gustavo Adler
Author: Mr.Jorge Iván Canales Kriljenko
Author: Indi Rajasingham
Author: Mr.Marco Airaudo