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There is already a substantial literature documenting the fact that low yield currencies typically appreciate during times of global financial stress and behave as safe havens. The main objective of this paper is to find out what the fundamentals of safe haven currencies are. We analyse a large...
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There is already a substantial literature documenting the fact that low yield currencies typically appreciate during times of global financial stress and behave as safe havens. The main objective of this paper is to find out what the fundamentals of safe haven currencies are. We analyse a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131638
-dollar currency pairs can be traded indirectly by using the US dollar as an intermediate vehicle currency. I present a model of FX … show that dollar dominance increases by 7% after quasi-exogenous spikes in the liquidity of dollar currency pairs occurring …
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transition to a fully convertible currency …
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hypotheses on the possible relationship between volatility and trading volume using data for three major currency futures … to medium term currency relationships may be dominated by trading dynamics and not by fundamentals …
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Foreign exchange turnover evolves in a predictable fashion with increasing income. As income per capita rises, currency … trading cuts loose from underlying current account transactions. In parallel, an increasing share of trading in the currency …
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For the first time in 15 years, FX trading volumes contracted between two consecutive BIS Triennial Surveys. The decline in trading by leveraged institutions and "fast money" traders, and a reduction in risk appetite, have contributed to a significant drop in spot market activity. More active...
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We study the information in order flows in the world's largest over-the-counter market, the foreign exchange market. The analysis draws on a data set covering a broad cross-section of currencies and different customer segments of foreign exchange endusers. The results suggest that order flows...
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We study the information in order flows in the world's largest over-the-counter market, the foreign exchange market. The analysis draws on a data set covering a broad cross-section of currencies and different customer segments of foreign exchange end-users. The results suggest that order flows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013008113
-the-counter market. We find volume helps predict next day currency returns and is economically valuable for currency investors …. Predictability implies a stronger currency return reversal for currency pairs with abnormally low volume today, and is driven by the … exchange rate determination, in which volume helps reveal the degree of asymmetric information in currency markets. Testing …
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