The Impact of Monetary Policyon the Exchange Rate : Evidence From Three Small Open Economies /
This paper studies the impact effect of monetary policy shocks-identified by the reaction of three month market interest rates to policy announcements-on the exchange rate in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand during the 1990s. The main results are that (1) on average, a 100 basis point contractiona...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2000.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2000/141 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
| Summary: | This paper studies the impact effect of monetary policy shocks-identified by the reaction of three month market interest rates to policy announcements-on the exchange rate in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand during the 1990s. The main results are that (1) on average, a 100 basis point contractionary shock will appreciate the exchange rate by 2-3 percent on impact; (ii) seemingly 'perverse' reactions of the exchange rate to monetary policy are mainly attributable to reverse causality; (iii) in a few instances, there were true 'perverse' reactions of exchange rates to policy- generally, appreciations following expansionary shocks. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (45 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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