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than by the yuan or the yen individually within the sample period we used. To the extent that exchange rates in the region … currencies seem to matter for exchange rate determination in Asia beyond the very short term. To this end, we employ country …-specific Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models to compare the relative impact which fluctuations in the Asian Currency Unit (ACU), yuan …
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than by the yuan or the yen individually within the sample period we used. To the extent that exchange rates in the region … currencies seem to matter for exchange rate determination in Asia beyond the very short term. To this end, we employ country …-specific Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models to compare the relative impact which fluctuations in the Asian Currency Unit (ACU), yuan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009130480
This paper employs the GMM estimator to empirically investigate the effects of Japanese international reserves on Yen … internationalization from 1976 through 2009 by specifying the regression benchmark based on the long-run determinants of Yen … internationalization with economic power, Yen appreciation, financial market development, inflation and currency inertia. We find that the …
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degree of Yen internationalization from 1976 through 2009 by specifying the regression benchmark based on the long …-run determinants of Yen internationalization with economic power, financial market development, Yen appreciation, inflation and … has a statistically significant but negative effect on Yen internationalization. After controlling for the effects of the …
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Against the backdrop of the recent financial crisis and the ongoing rapid changes in the world economy, the fate of the dollar as the premier international reserve currency is under scrutiny. This paper attempts to answer whether the Chinese renminbi will eclipse the dollar, what will be the...
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The Chinese authorities described the management of the renminbi after its 2005 unpegging from the US dollar as involving a basket of trading partner currencies. Outside analysts have detected few signs of such management. We find that, in the two years from mid-2006 to mid-2008, the renminbi...
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adjustment to the postcrisis challenges. We point out that emerging Asia has converged to a middle ground of the trilemma … smoother adjustment of emerging Asia to the crisis, and was instrumental in inducing the rapid resumption of growth. The swings … challenges facing emerging Asia's adjustment during the global financial crisis, and the postcrisis policy stance dealing with …
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moving the US dollar, yen and euro in the intended direction at horizons of up to three months after G7 meetings, but not at …
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This paper provides a historical background to contemporary debates on the international monetary system: their genesis, similarities, and differences of problems it has faced at different times. It looks sequentially at the design of the Bretton Woods system; the tensions it faced since the...
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The share of U.S. dollar assets in the official foreign exchange reserve portfolios of central banks is sometimes taken as an indicator of dollar status. We show that the observed decline in the aggregate share of U.S. dollar assets does not stem from a systematic shift in currency preferences...
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