We develop a novel measure of volatility pass-through to assess international propagation of output volatility shocks to macroeconomic aggregates, equity prices, and currencies. An increase in country's output volatility is associated with a decrease in its output, consumption, and net exports....

We propose and estimate a quantitative model of exchange rates in which the participantsin the FX market are intermediaries subject to value-at-risk (VaR) constraints. Higher volatilitytranslates into tighter VaR constraints, and intermediaries require higher returns to holdforeign assets....