Author : Reuven Glick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 18,63 MB
Release : 1994-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521461103
This book focuses on the conduct of exchange rate and monetary policies in the Pacific Basin.
Author : Michael D. Bordo
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 33,42 MB
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 022605151X
During the twentieth century, foreign-exchange intervention was sometimes used in an attempt to solve the fundamental trilemma of international finance, which holds that countries cannot simultaneously pursue independent monetary policies, stabilize their exchange rates, and benefit from free cross-border financial flows. Drawing on a trove of previously confidential data, Strained Relations reveals the evolution of US policy regarding currency market intervention, and its interaction with monetary policy. The authors consider how foreign-exchange intervention was affected by changing economic and institutional circumstances—most notably the abandonment of the international gold standard—and how political and bureaucratic factors affected this aspect of public policy.
Author : Mr.George S. Tavlas
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 37,25 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1451930992
The role of the Japanese yen as an international currency is assessed. It is found that the determinants of international-currency use imply some increase for the yen’s use in international finance; however, the implications for the yen’s use in international trade are mixed. It is also shown that, despite Japan’s emergence as the world’s largest net creditor nation, Japan’s capital outflows have not significantly facilitated the yen’s internationalization. Data are presented showing that, although the yen’s use as an international currency has increased, it is still rather modest. Wider use of the yen as a regional currency in Asia has occurred, though a “yen-zone” does not appear to be emerging.
Author : Mr.Jorge Iván Canales Kriljenko
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 22,4 MB
Release : 2006-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781589064218
Despite increasing exchange rate flexibility, central banks in emerging markets still intervene in their foreign exchange markets for several reasons. In doing so, they face many operational questions, including on the degree of transparency and the choice of markets and counterparties. This paper identifies elements of best practice in official foreign exchange intervention, presents survey evidence on intervention practices in developing countries, and assesses the effectiveness of intervention in Mexico and Turkey.
Author : Mr.Jorge Iván Canales Kriljenko
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1451851847
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 : Gustavo Adler
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 148433230X
The accumulation of large foreign asset positions by many central banks through sustained foreign exchange (FX) intervention has raised questions about its associated fiscal costs. This paper clarifies conceptual issues regarding how to measure these costs both from an ex-post and an ex-ante (relevant for decision making) perspective, and estimates both marginal and total costs for 73 countries over the period 2002-13. We find ex-ante marginal costs for the median emerging market economy (EME) in the inter-quartile range of 2-5.5 percent per year; while ex-ante total costs (of sustaining FX positions) in the range of 0.2-0.7 percent of GDP per year for light interveners and 0.3-1.2 percent of GDP per year for heavy interveners. These estimates indicate that fiscal costs of sustained FX intervention (via expanding central bank balance sheets) are not negligible.
Author : Beate Reszat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 2002-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134766181
In recent years, Japan's financial market has seen dramatic changes, in particular the explosive growth of currency trading and the increasing international role of the yen. This book gives a comprehensive overview of this activity. This work is the first non-Japanese language title to examine the prolific rise of Japan's foreign currency exchange market, its idiosyncracies, and its future role in the global economy. It is vital reading for economists and students of Japan-related subjects.
Author : Kenneth J. Singleton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 33,28 MB
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226760685
How has the Bank of Japan (BOJ) helped shape Japan's economic growth during the past two decades? This book comprehensively explores the relations between financial market liberalization and BOJ policies and examines the ways in which these policies promoted economic growth in the 1980s. The authors argue that the structure of Japan's financial markets, particularly restrictions on money-market transactions and the key role of commercial banks in financing corporate investments, allowed the BOJ to influence Japan's economic success. The first two chapters provide the most in-depth English-language discussion of the BOJ's operating procedures and policymaker's views about how BOJ actions affect the Japanese business cycle. Chapter three explores the impact of the BOJ's distinctive window guidance policy on corporate investment, while chapter four looks at how monetary policy affects the term structure of interest rates in Japan. The final two chapters examine the overall effect of monetary policy on real aggregate economic activity. This volume will prove invaluable not only to economists interested in the technical operating procedures of the BOJ, but also to those interested in the Japanese economy and in the operation and outcome of monetary reform in general.
Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 11,15 MB
Release : 2000-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1451820461
Macroeconomic policy support and structural reforms have helped to bring about the economic recovery in Japan. Initiating a public process to obtain consensus on a credible strategy for eventual fiscal consolidation would help to raise confidence in long-term growth prospects and reduce the risks of volatile financial market conditions. A premature appreciation of the yen not justified by improving fundamentals remains a concern. Important progress has been made in strengthening major banks balance sheets and allaying concerns about financial instability.
Author : Mr.Fei Han
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1498325394
The yen is an important barometer for the Japanese economy. Depreciations are typically associated with favorable economic developments such as increased corporate profits, rising equity prices, and upward pressure on domestic consumer prices. On the other hand, large and sharp appreciations run the risk of lowering actual and expected inflation, squeezing corporate profits, generating a negative wealth effect through depressed equity prices, and reducing confidence in the Bank of Japan’s efforts to reflate the domestic economy and achieve the inflation target. This paper takes a closer look at underlying drivers of rapid yen appreciations, highlighting the key role of carry-trade and the zero lower bound as important amplifiers.
