The Cost of Foreign Exchange Intervention : Concepts and Measurement /

The accumulation of large foreign asset positions by many central banks through sustained foreign exchange (FX) intervention has raised questions about its associated fiscal costs. This paper clarifies conceptual issues regarding how to measure these costs both from an ex-post and an ex-ante (releva...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adler, Gustavo
Other Authors: Mano, Rui
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/089
Online Access:Full text available on IMF