Exchange rate behaviour with negative interest rates: Some early negative observations
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- 29 January 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Pacific Economic Review
- Vol. 23 (1) , 27-42
Abstract
This paper examines exchange rate behaviour during the recent period with negative nominal interest rates. We use a daily panel of data of 61 currencies from January 2010 to May 2016; during this time five economies (Denmark, EMU, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland) experienced negative nominal interest rates. We examine both effective exchange rates and bilateral rates, the latter typically measured against the Swiss franc because Switzerland has had the longest period of negative nominal rates. We examine exchange rate volatility, exchange rate changes, deviations from uncovered interest parity, and profits from the carry trade. We find that negative interest rates seem to have little effect on observable exchange rate behaviour.Keywords
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