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This paper analyzes the consequences of the internationalization of the Chinese renminbi for the global monetary system … moderate the perceived need for insurance, and China would have to loom large in both solutions …
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In this paper we examine the international implications of monetary union in the European Community (EMU), and the associated international costs and benefits. We consider prospective changes in international institutions, the potential role of the ecu as an international currency, and the...
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This paper defines two competing hypotheses on the working of fixed exchange rates. The "symmetry" hypothesis states that every country is concerned with the good functioning of the system, and cannot afford to deviate from world averages. Every country is just left to follow the rules of the...
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Alexander Swoboda is one of the originators of the bipolar view that capital mobility creates pressure for countries to abandon intermediate exchange rate arrangements in favor of greater flexibility and harder pegs. This paper takes another look at the evidence for this hypothesis using two...
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, with the spread of globalization, there is a new periphery, Asia, but the same old core, the United States, with the same … indefinitely. The United States can continue running current account deficits because the emerging markets of Asia and Latin … of Asia constituting the new periphery are unlikely to be able to subordinate their individual interest to the collective …
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We use time-series methods to estimate a simple aggregate-supply aggregate-demand model in order to analyze the comparative performance of fixed- and flexible-exchange-rate systems and test competing hypotheses designed to explain shifts between exchange-rate regimes. The paper provides a...
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We review the findings of the literature on the benefits of international financial flows and find that they are quantitatively elusive. We then present evidence on the existence of a global cycle in gross cross border flows, asset prices and leverage and discuss its impact on monetary policy...
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This paper analyzes current stresses in the two key areas that concerned the architects of the original Bretton Woods system: international liquidity and exchange rate management. Despite radical changes since World War II in the market context for liquidity and exchange rate concerns, they...
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Written on the 50th anniversary of floating exchange rates, this paper deals with possible alternatives to a unipolar dollar-based system. It considers (1) measures of international currency use; (2) potential challengers to the dollar; (3) network externalities; and (4) the plausibility of gold...
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for China. (1) China's economy is on the overheating side of internal balance, and appreciation would help easy … inflationary pressure. (2) Although foreign exchange reserves are a useful shield against currency crises, by now China's current … economy like China can achieve adjustment in the real exchange rate via flexibility in the nominal exchange rate more easily …
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