U.S. Dollar Dynamics : How Important Are Policy Divergence and FX Risk Premiums? /

We investigate the drivers of dynamics of major U.S. FX bilaterals. We first construct a novel measure of FX risk premiums using Consensus exchange rate forecasts. We then use VAR analysis to show that (i) risk premium shocks play a key role in driving dynamics of the major U.S. FX bilaterals; (ii)...

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Autor Principal: Balakrishnan, Ravi
Outros autores: Laseen, Stefan, Pescatori, Andrea
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/125
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF