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market makers dynamically hedging their long option exposure in a stabilizing manner, consistent with the first objective …
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This paper examines the benefits from hedging the currency exposure of international investments in single- and multi … 2009, hedging of currency risk substantially reduced the volatility of foreign investments at a quarterly investment … hedging for risk reduction purposes remained strong.In addition to its impact on risk, hedging affected returns in …
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The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...
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since the global financial crisis, which have limited arbitrage opportunities and country-specific factors that contribute … 'hedging counterpart of last resort,' can help stabilize financial intermediation when U.S. dollar funding markets come under …
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For about three decades until the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), Covered Interest Parity (CIP) appeared to hold quite closely-even as a broad macroeconomic relationship applying to daily or weekly data. Not only have CIP deviations significantly increased since the GFC, but potential...
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When constructing hedged interest rate arbitrage portfolios for basket currencies, two issues arise: first, how are the … conditional variance of expected profits from the interest rate arbitrage portfolio—appropriately measured when the basket weights …
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Recent interest in futures contracts on emerging market currencies has raised concerns among some central bank authorities about their ability to maintain stable currencies. This paper presents empirical results examining the influence of the Mexican peso, the Brazilian real, and the Hungarian...
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The forward premium is a notoriously poor predictor of exchange rate movements. This failure must reflect deviations from risk neutrality and/or rational expectations. In addition, a mechanism is needed that generates the appropriate correlation between the forward premium and shocks arising...
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This paper studies the implications of the imperfect credibility of an exchange rate target zone on the term structure of forward premia. The relationship between spot and forward exchange rates of different maturities reflects the possibility of repeated realignments of the exchange rate band....
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“Co-circulation” involves the regular use of two or more currencies within an economy. This paper examines methodologies to measure the extent to which foreign currencies are circulated within an economy. Ample anecdotal evidence exists that the U.S. dollar, DM, and other currencies are...
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