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Macroprudential FX Regulations: Shifting the Snowbanks of FX Vulnerability?

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Forbes, Kristin J. [Other] • Friedrich, Christian [Other] • Reinhardt, Dennis [Other]
Type of Resource: E-Book
Language: English
published:
[S.l.] SSRN [2018]
Series: NBER Working Paper
Source: Verbunddaten SWB
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Summary: Can macroprudential foreign exchange (FX) regulations on banks reduce the financial and macroeconomic vulnerabilities created by borrowing in foreign currency? To evaluate the effectiveness and unintended consequences of macroprudential FX regulations, we develop a parsimonious model of bank and market lending in domestic and foreign currency and derive four predictions. We confirm these predictions using a rich dataset of macroprudential FX regulations. These empirical tests show that FX regulations: (1) are effective in terms of reducing borrowing in foreign currency by banks; (2) have the unintended consequence of simultaneously causing firms to increase FX debt issuance; (3) reduce the sensitivity of banks to exchange rate movements, but (4) are less effective at reducing the sensitivity of corporates and the broader financial market to exchange rate movements. As a result, FX regulations on banks appear to be successful in mitigating the vulnerability of banks to exchange rate movements and the global financial cycle, but partially shift the snowbank of FX vulnerability to other sectors
Item Description: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments September 2018 erstellt
Physical Description: 1 Online-Ressource (61 p)
Access: Open Access