Financial Globalization and Exchange Rates
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Summary:
The founders of the Bretton Woods System 60 years ago were primarily concerned with orderly exchange rate adjustment in a world economy that was characterized by widespread restrictions on international capital mobility. In contrast, the rapid pace of financial globalization during recent years poses new challenges for the international monetary system. In particular, large gross cross-holdings of foreign assets and liabilities mean that the valuation channel of exchange rate adjustment has grown in importance, relative to the traditional trade balance channel. Accordingly, this paper empirically explores some of the interconnections between financial globalization and exchange rate adjustment and discusses the policy implications.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2005/003
Subject:
Exchange rates External position Foreign assets Foreign liabilities Real exchange rates
English
Publication Date:
January 1, 2005
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451860221/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2005003
Pages:
45
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