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Exchange Rates, Country Preferences, and Gold
Isard, Peter; Taylor, Mark P.; Dooley, Michael P. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
reflected systematically in the price of gold and, hence, that gold price movements, under the maintained hypothesis, should … of gold prices on exchange rates conditional on other monetary and real macroeconomic variables, and applies the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826213
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Commodity Prices and Exchange Rate Volatility; Lessons from South Africa’s Capital Account Liberalization
Dumitrescu, Elena; Arezki, Rabah; Freytag, Andreas; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We examine the relationship between South African Rand and gold price volatility using monthly data for the period 1980 … volatility but the causality runs the other way around for the post-liberalization period. These findings suggest that gold price …-2010. Our main findings is that prior to capital account liberalization the causality runs from South African Rand to gold price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242268
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India’s Recent Macroeconomic Performance: An Assessment and Way Forward
Kapur, Muneesh; Mohan, Rakesh - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
exacerbated by domestic policy bottlenecks and volatility in international financial markets during mid-2013. Appropriate domestic … would also facilitate a reduction in inflation, which would moderate gold imports and favorably impact real exchange rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142116
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To What Extent Do Exchange Rates and their Volatility Affect Trade?
Huchet-Bourdon, Marilyne; Korinek, Jane - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2011
unequivocally clear picture of the trade impacts of changes in exchange rates. The impact of exchange rate volatility on trade also … their volatility on trade flows in China, the Euro area and the United States in two broadly defined sectors, agriculture on … the one hand and manufacturing and mining on the other. It finds that exchange volatility impacts trade flows only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320172
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Mongolia; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The vast mineral deposits of Mongolia, if properly managed, could make available large budgetary resources, which would help address a wide range of its economic challenges. This report focuses on Mongolia’s selected issues in the mining sector, government employment and wages, and saving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243148
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Mali: Technical Assistance Report: Continued Modernization of the Malian Tax System and Administration—Memorandum on Natural Resource Management
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
natural resources. The Malian mining sector essentially consists of gold mining. The diversification policy is a failure at … than by gold in the short or medium term. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243757
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Exchange Rate Policy and Foreign Exchange Reserves Management in Indonesia in the Context of East Asian Monetary Regionalism
Siregar, Reza; Rajan, Ramkishen - Centre for International Economic Studies, School of … - 2003
The first part of this paper examines the behaviour of rupiah over the last seven years (1996 - 2002) to ascertain whether in fact there is specific evidence of a return to de facto US dollar peg in Indonesia. To preview the main conclusion, we find evidence to suggest that this has been the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740114
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Exchange Rate Policy and Reserve Management in Indonesia in the Context of East Asian Monetary Regionalism
Siregar, Reza; Rajan, Ramkishen - Centre for International Economic Studies, School of … - 2004
The first part of this paper examines the behaviour of rupiah over the last eight years (1995 - 2003) to ascertain whether in fact there is specific evidence of a return to de facto US dollar peg in Indonesia. While we fail to find strong evidence to suggest Indonesia has reverted to the extent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740121
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To what extent do exchange rates and their volatility affect trade ?
Huchet-Bourdon, Maryline; Korinek, J. - HAL - 2011
unequivocally clear picture of the trade impacts of changes in exchange rates. The impact of exchange rate volatility on trade also … their volatility on trade flows in China, the Euro area and the United States in two broadly defined sectors, agriculture on … the one hand and manufacturing and mining on the other. It finds that exchange volatility impacts trade flows only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899210
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The Volatility of International Trade Flows and Exchange Rate Uncertainty
Baum, Christopher; Caglayan, Mustafa - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2008
on the volatility of bilateral trade flows. A one standard deviation increase in exchange rate uncertainty leads to an … industrialized countries (NICs) over 1980–2006 shows that exchange rate uncertainty has a consistent positive and significant effect … eight per cent increase in trade volatility. These effects differ markedly for trade flows between industrialized countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005074087