Financial Globalization and Exchange Rates

By Gian M Milesi-Ferretti, Philip R. Lane

January 1, 2005

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Gian M Milesi-Ferretti, and Philip R. Lane Financial Globalization and Exchange Rates, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed September 18, 2024

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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.

Subject: Exchange rates, External position, Foreign assets, Foreign liabilities, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Exchange rate, Trade balance, U.S. dollar, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

45
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Working Paper No. 2005/003
Stock No:

WPIEA2005003
ISBN:

9781451860221
ISSN:

1018-5941

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