This paper studies how changing expectations concerning future trade and financial con- ditions are reflected in international external positions. In the absence of Ponzi schemes and arbitrage opportunities, the net foreign asset position of any country must, as a matter of theory, equal the...

This paper traces the evolution of the Federal Reserve and its engagement with the global economy over the last three decades of the 20th century: 1970 to 2000. The paper examines the Federal Reserve’s role in international economic and financial policy and analysis covering four areas: the...

This paper compares alternative estimates of systemic time-varying excess returns for the Irish pound and the Spanish peseta, against the German mark, since 1985. We make use of progressively more complex models, going from the GARCH in Mean specification, to the International Capital Asset...

The purpose of the UDROP proposal is to prevent debt rollover crises for foreign-currency-denominated debt instruments. For such liabilities, there is no international analogue to the domestic lender of last resort or to domestic deposit insurance. UDROP stands for Universal Debt Rollover Option...

A tanulmány szerzője bemutatja, milyen tényezők vezettek a devizaalapú hitelek felduzzadására. A legmélyebben fekvő ok az állam tartós túlköltekezése, az ezt kísérő bérinfláció, valamint az így megjelenő tartós inflációs nyomás. Ennek megfékezésére az MNB úgy...

When a fire breaks out, we learn very quickly who is prepared to enter into that building in order to save lives and who runs away to avoid danger. The current sovereign debt crisis is precisely the kind of crisis that reveals true characters, that shows which states are prepared to enter the...