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Can Foreign Exchange Intervention Stem Exchange Rate Pressures from Global Capital Flow Shocks?

By Olivier J Blanchard, Gustavo Adler, Irineu E de Carvalho Filho

July 16, 2015

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Olivier J Blanchard, Gustavo Adler, and Irineu E de Carvalho Filho. Can Foreign Exchange Intervention Stem Exchange Rate Pressures from Global Capital Flow Shocks?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

Many emerging market economies have relied on foreign exchange intervention (FXI) in response to gross capital inflows. In this paper, we study whether FXI has been an effective tool to dampen the effects of these inflows on the exchange rate. To deal with endogeneity issues, we look at the response of different countries to plausibly exogenous gross inflows, and explore the cross country variation of FXI and exchange rate responses. Consistent with the portfolio balance channel, we find that larger FXI leads to less exchange rate appreciation in response to gross inflows.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital controls, Capital flows, Capital inflows, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange intervention

Keywords: Capital controls, Capital flows, Capital inflows, Exchange rate, Exchange rate appreciation, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rate response, Exchange rates, Flow shock, Foreign exchange intervention, FXI conditional, FXI response, Global, Gross capital flows, Impulse response, Interest rate, Reaction function, Regime classification, Sample use FXI, Standard deviation, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    30

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2015/159

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2015159

  • ISBN:

    9781513585840

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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