IMF Working Papers

Identifying Determinants of FX Stability in Mozambique

By Samuel Mann, Alexis Meyer-Cirkel

November 8, 2024

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Samuel Mann, and Alexis Meyer-Cirkel. "Identifying Determinants of FX Stability in Mozambique", IMF Working Papers 2024, 233 (2024), accessed December 21, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400292828.001

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Summary

In early 2021, as monetary policy tightening reversed a multi-year trend of Metical depreciation, the exchange rate vis-à-vis the US dollar de facto stabilized. This report discusses elements of the market structure and other drivers of Metical stability since mid-2021. The particularities of Mozambique, a small open economy with an export sector that has a strong foreign currency cost structure, provide important insights into that discussion, as does the structure and development of the Foreign Exchange (FX) market.

Subject: Currencies, Currency markets, Exchange rates, Financial markets, Foreign exchange, Imports, International trade, Money

Keywords: Central Bank Policy, Cost structure, Currencies, Currency markets, Development of the foreign exchange, Exchange Rate Regimes, Exchange rates, Foreign Exchange Stability, FX Market Structure, FX stability, FX supply, Global, Imports, Market Intervention, Market participant, Mozambique, MZN exchange rate fluctuation, Reference rate

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