A New Index of Currency Mismatch and Systemic Risk /

This paper constructs a new measure of currency mismatch in the banking sector that controls for bank lending to unhedged borrowers. This measure explicitly takes into account the indirect exchange rate risk that banks undertake when they lend to borrowers that will not be able to repay in the event...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ranciere, Romain
Other Authors: Tornell, Aaron, Vamvakidis, Athanasios
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/263
Online Access:Full text available on IMF