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Central bank interventions and exchange rates: An analysis with high frequency data
- Publication Year :
- 2000
- Publisher :
- Binghamton, NY : Haworth Press, c1990- -Mercado International Press:PO Box 371:Carbondale, IL 62903:(618)453-2459, EMAIL: GA1141@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU, Fax: (618)453-1431, 2000.
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Abstract
- We use high frequency data for the mark–dollar exchange rate for the period 1992–1995 to evaluate the effects of central bank interventions on the foreign exchange market. We estimate an unobserved component model that decomposes volatility into non-stationary and stationary parts. Stationary components in turn are decomposed into seasonal and non-seasonal intra-day parts. Our results confirm the view that interventions are not particularly effective. The exchange rate moves in the desired direction for only about 50% of the time, and often with a substantial increase in volatility. The model suggests that the two components, which are affected the most by interventions, are the permanent and the stochastic intra-day.
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bdd2d342b1ae5c8c0cfc4f2b0fda1fdb