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Using transaction-level data on foreign exchange (FX) forward contracts, we document large demand-driven heterogeneity … in banks' dollar hedging costs. For identification, we exploit regulatory end-of-quarter reporting that penalizes banks …
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conjunction with supervisory balance sheet information to study the drivers of banks' dollar hedging costs. Comparing contracts of … the same maturity that are initiated during the same hour of the same day, we find large heterogeneity in banks' hedging … are important for understanding how shocks are transmitted internationally through the FX hedging market. …
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This paper sets forth the foundations for a transactional approach for the performance of arbitrage in foreign exchange markets. Firstly, we review both the standard model of financial arbitrage and the so-called covered-interest arbitrage environment, and we also lay bare striking shortcomings...
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This paper analyses the impact of the shift away from a US dollar focus of systemically important emerging market economies (EMEs) on configurations between the US dollar, the euro and the yen. Given the difficulty that fixed or managed US dollar exchange rate regimes remain pervasive and...
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The aim of this paper is to detect periods in which two currencies can be classified as being the'same' asset. Two currencies can be treated as the same asset if their exchange rates vis-à-vis the same base currency are cointegrated with a cointegration vector that is consistent with the...
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Although the effects of economic news announcements on asset prices are well established, theserelationships are unlikely to be stable. This paper documents the time variation in the responses of yield curves and exchange rates using high-frequency data from January 2000 through August 2011....
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Gegenteil, die Bilanz der EZB hat einen höheren Erklärungsgehalt für die Verläufe von Wechselkurs und Inflation als diejenige …
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, Germany and the U.K. respond to nominal exchange rate movements. Our model is also able to replicate the forward premium …
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Over the last decade, the microstructure approach to exchange rates has become very popular. The underlying idea of this approach is that the order flows at different levels of aggregation contain valuable information to explain exchange rate movements. The bulk of empirical literature has...
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central bank communication is an important determinant of the EUR/HUF rate. …
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