IMF Working Papers

The Mexican Peso Crisis: Overview and Analysis of Credibility Factors

By Paul R Masson, Pierre-Richard Agénor

January 1, 1996

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Paul R Masson, and Pierre-Richard Agénor. The Mexican Peso Crisis: Overview and Analysis of Credibility Factors, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1996) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

This paper examines credibility and reputational factors in explaining the December 1994 crisis of the Mexican peso. After reviewing events leading to the crisis, a model emphasizing the inflation-competitiveness trade-off is presented to explain the formation of devaluation expectations. Estimation results indicate that investors appear to have seriously underestimated the risk of devaluation, despite early warning signals. The collapse of confidence that followed the December 20 devaluation may have been the result of a shift in the perceived commitment of the authorities to exchange rate stability.

Subject: Competition, Crawling peg, Exchange rates, Financial markets, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Prices, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Competition, Crawling peg, Devaluation expectation, Devaluation probability, Devaluation rate, Exchange rate, Exchange rate band, Exchange rates, Inflation, Inflation-competitiveness tradeoff, Interest rate differential, Mexican peso, North America, Perceived devaluation risk, Peso devaluation, Real exchange rates, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    36

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1996/006

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0061996

  • ISBN:

    9781451929096

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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