We examine the effects of the Czech National Bank communication, macroeconomic newsand interest rate differential on exchange rate volatility using generalized autoregressiveconditional heteroscedasticity model. Our results suggest that central bank communicationhas a calming effect on exchange...

The U.S. dollar holds a dominant place in the invoicing of international trade, along two complementary dimensions. First, most U.S. exports and imports invoiced in dollars. Second, trade flows that donot involve the United States are also substantially invoiced in dollars, an aspect that has...