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The Euro and the International Financial System
Portes, Richard - 2002
This paper analyses the issues raised by EMU for the relationships between the euro area and the international … financial system. The depreciation of the euro exchange rate since the beginning of EMU has attracted most attention. The paper … that the authorities should take a more active policy stance. The paper assesses the role of the euro as an international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123552
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The Post-Crisis Slump in the Euro Area and the Us : Evidence from an Estimated Three-Region DSGE Model
Kollmann, Robert - 2017
The global financial crisis (2008-09) led to a sharp contraction in both Euro Area (EA) and US real activity, and was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969881
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The Post-Crisis Slump in the Euro Area and the US : Evidence from an Estimated Three-Region DSGE Model
Kollmann, Robert - 2016
The global financial crisis (2008-09) led to a sharp contraction in both Euro Area (EA) and US real activity, and was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012998137
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Regional and Global Liquidity Arrangements
Volz, Ulrich - 2012
Regional and bilateral liquidity arrangements have gained increasing prominence over the past decades, not least during the recent global financial crisis. This has important consequences for the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a crisis lender and raises questions regarding the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101487
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China's current account and exchange rate
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Chinn, Menzie D.; Fujii, Eiji - 2009
We examine whether the Chinese exchange rate is misaligned and how Chinese trade flows respond to the exchange rate and to economic activity. We find, first, that the Chinese currency, the renminbi (RMB), is substantially below the value predicted by estimates based upon a cross-country sample,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264589
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Thresholds in the process of international financial integration
Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar S.; Taylor, Ashley D. - 2009
The financial crisis has re-ignited the fierce debate about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth, especially for developing countries. The empirical literature has not been able to conclusively establish the presumed growth benefits of financial integration....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269032
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The role of demographics in precipitating crises in financial institutions
Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009
There are significant effects of changing demographics on economic indicators: growth in GDP especially, but also the current account balance and gross capital formation. The 15-24 age group appears to be one of the key age groups in these effects, with increases in that age group exerting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271339
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An Awkward Dance: China and the United States
Prasad, Eswar; Gu, Grace - 2009
China and the U.S. have a close but complicated economic relationship. This note provides a fuller picture of the tightening embrace between the two countries - in terms of flows of goods and services, financial capital and people - and discusses the potential flashpoints in this relationship....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331376
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Hoarding of international reserves: Mrs Machlup's wardrobe and the joneses
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Qian, Xingwang - 2007
Motivated by the observed international reserve hoarding behavior in the post-1997 crisis period, we explore the Mrs Machlup's wardrobe hypothesis and the related keeping up with the Joneses argument. It is conceived that, in addition to psychological reasons, holding a relatively high level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276301
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The role of expenditure switching in the global imbalance adjustment
Dong, Wei - 2010
In theory, nominal exchange rate movements can lead to 'expenditure switching' when they generate changes in the relative prices of goods across countries. This paper explores whether the expenditure-switching role of exchange rates has changed in the current episode of significant global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280039