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Will the Emergence of the Euro Affect World Commodity Prices?
Liang, Hong; Cuddington, John T. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
1957-98 were associated with periods of lower real commodity price volatility. These stabilizing effects are statistically … Euro on January 1, 1999, should be expected to contribute to reduced volatility of world commodity prices, other things …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263979
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Official Intervention in the Foreign Exchange Market; Elements of Best Practice
Kriljenko, Jorge Iván Canales; Karacadag, Cem; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper offers guidance on the operational aspects of official intervention in the foreign exchange market, particularly in developing countries with flexible exchange rate regimes. A brief survey of the literature and country experience is followed by an analysis of the objectives, timing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826478
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Were Bid-Ask Spreads in the Foreign Exchange Market Excessive During the Asian Crisis?
Becker, Törbjörn I.; Sy, Amadou N. R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
of excessive spreads. The result is largely explained by the substantial increase in exchange rate volatility during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826576
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A New Look at Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows
Clark, Peter B.; Wei, Shang-Jin; Tamirisa, Natalia T.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
The effect of exchange rate volatility on trade flows was examined by a 1984 IMF study on G-7 countries. Over the past …-border capital flows, may have exacerbated exchange rate volatility, while others, such as a deepening of the market in foreign … exchange hedging instruments, may have reduced the impact of volatility on trade flows. Using recent advances in the economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767343
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Why Do Countries Peg the Way they Peg? the Determinants of Anchor Currency Choice
Oomes, Nienke; Meissner, Christopher M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
What determines the currency to which countries peg or "anchor" their exchange rate? Data for over 100 countries between 1980 and 1998 reveal that trade network externalities are a key determinant. This implies that anchor currency choice may well be suboptimal in that certain currencies, e.g.,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605395
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Economic Integration and the Exchange Rate Regime; Some Lessons from Canada
Arora, Vivek B.; Jeanne, Olivier - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The Canadian experience with a floating exchange rate regime can shed some light on the question of whether A question of current interest in many parts of the world is whether with growing economic integration among groups of countries makes a fixed exchange rate, or even a common currency,...
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The Relationship Between the Foreign Exchange Regime and Macroeconomic Performance in Eastern Africa
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This study examines the relationship between the foreign exchange regime and macroeconomic performance in Eastern Africa. The study focuses on seven countries, five of which decisively liberalized their foreign exchange regimes. The study assesses the relationship between (i) growth and various...
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The relative decline of Malaysia forest products export revenue: call for new strategies
Jean-Marc, Roda; Ahmad, Ismariah; Rahman, Rohana Abd; … - In: EAS Strategic Options 2011 (2011) 09, pp. 14-15
expansion of Chinese market, competition between exporters has increased too. In the same period, the position of Malaysia in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009190198
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Economic Diversification in LICs; Stylized Facts and Macroeconomic Implications
Papageorgiou, Chris; Spatafora, Nicola - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
diversified their economies. Third, to analyze the relationship between diversification, growth, and volatility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245889
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Exchange rate volatility effects on export competitiveness. Romanian Case
GHERMAN, Anca; ŞTEFAN, George; FILIP, Adriana - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics XVIII(2013) (2013) 9(586), pp. 39-50
Romania. We highlighted the sense of the relationship between exchange rate and exports or imports, but the intensity between …
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