Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/222102 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 205
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition, München und Berlin
Abstract: 
Evidence on the effectiveness of FX interventions is either limited to short horizons or hampered by debatable identification. We address these limitations by identifying a structural vector autoregressive model for the daily frequency with an external instrument. Applying this approach to the most important, freely floating currencies, we find that FX intervention shocks significantly affect exchange rates and that this impact persists for months. We show for Japan and the US that interest rates tend to fall in response to sales of the domestic currency, whereas stock prices of large (exporting) firms increase after devaluation of the domestic currency.
Subjects: 
Foreign exchange intervention
structural VAR
exchange rates
interest rates
stock prices
JEL: 
F31
F33
E58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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