In recent years the discussion of the role played by reserve currencies in the world economy has reached a new level. Problems caused by the domination of a single reserve currency have not yet been resolved and it remains unclear when and how they will be solved in the future. At the same time,...

The paper analyses the macroeconomic stabilization process in Russia, the Ukraine and Kasakhstan (CIS-3). It starts with a classification of different stabilization approaches that were adopted in the last 20 years. It shows that the Fund programs that were suggested for the CIS-3 for 1995 can...

Russian exchange rate policy has changed significantly over the past decades, which was manifested, among other things, in amount of use of certain policy instruments, depending on the exchange rate regime. The results of quantitative analysis show that during the period of inflation targeting,...

This study examines the dynamics of the Russian currency against the US dollar, exploring its responses to geopolitical risk, domestic policies, and oil and gas price shocks. Based on our quantile and time-frequency analyses from January 1998 to July 2022, focused on a subsample that covers the...

In 1998, following some 10 years of structural reforms that began during the late Soviet era under the Perestroika processes and continued after the collapse of the USSR, Russia has recorded its first year of economic growth. Then, with virtually no advanced warning, by the of August 1998,...

We analytically derive optimal central bank portfolios in a minimum variance framework with two assets and "transaction demands" caused by sudden stops in capital inflows. In this model, the transaction demands become less important relative to traditional portfolio objectives as debt to reserve...

We analytically derive optimal central bank portfolios in a minimum variance framework with two assets and quot;transaction demandsquot; caused by sudden stops in capital inflows. In this model, the transaction demands become less important relative to traditional portfolio objectives as debt to...

This paper describes and analyzes automated intervention of a target zone. Unusually detailed information about the order book allows studying intervention effects in a microstructure approach. We find in our sample that intervention increases exchange rate volatility (and spread) for the next...