This paper examines the effects of foreign exchange (FX) interventions in a setting where agents exchange both short-term and long-term securities. In a two-region theoretical model, calibrated to match the US and its trade partners (foreign region), we show that FX interventions by the foreign...

Are nominal exchange rate variations linked to the central bank's balance sheet? We use two measures of implied exchange rates using central bank balance sheet data: one is a traditional measure that includes the monetary base, and the other adds remunerated liabilities. We contextualize these...

Can the exchange rate be stationary in levels? We answer this question in the negative by proving an impossibility theorem, built upon the absence of arbitrage in international economies. We establish the sufficient conditions for the exchange rate to not be a stationary process in levels, and...

How do policy makers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper examines British policy towards the pound sterling's international role in the years 1968-74. Using previously uncited government archival sources, we revisit the view that the 'sterling agreements' of 1968-74,...

This article describes recent developments in electronic trading in the foreign exchange market, based on a report produced by the e-commerce subgroup of the Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee. After a brief introduction to e-commerce in the context of the foreign exchange market, it...