Bringing About Realistic Exchange Rates: A Post-Asian Financial Crisis Perspective

2003 ◽  
pp. 133-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lok Sang Ho
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Asian Financial Crisis

PATTERNS OF EXCHANGE RATES AND CURRENT ACCOUNTS: THE EAST ASIAN WALTZ

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (02) ◽  
pp. 1250009 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW SHENG ◽  
KIAN TENG KWEK ◽  
CHO WAI CHO
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Asian Financial Crisis ◽  
Market System ◽  
Financial Crisis Of 2008 ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997–1998 have a common trait, that is any shock to the financial system or market system can cause the system or market to flip from one state to another state.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of high interest rate policy on exchange rates: A reexamination of the Asian financial crisis

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Brailsford ◽  
Jack H. W. Penm ◽  
Chin Diew Lai
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Asian Financial Crisis ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
High Interest Rate ◽  
Interest Rate Policy ◽  
High Interest ◽  
Rate Policy

One of the most controversial issues in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis has been the appropriate response of monetary policy to a sharp decline in the value of some currencies. In this paper, we empirically examine the effects on Asian exchange rates of sharply higher interest rates during the Asian financial crisis. Taking account of the currency contagion effect, our results indicate that sharply higher interest rates helped to support the exchange rates of South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand. For Malaysia, no significant causal relation is found from the rate of interest to exchange rates, as the authorities in Malaysia did not actively adopt a high interest rate policy to defend the currency.

Exchange Rate Volatility and the Asian Financial Crisis: Evidence from South Korea and ASEAN-5

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 237-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah ◽  
Hooy Chee Wooi
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Real Exchange Rates ◽  
Exchange Rate Volatility ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Asian Financial Crisis ◽  
Asymmetric Effect ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Stability

This paper investigates the degree of volatility and asymmetric behavior of real exchange rates in East Asian. Exponential generalized autoregressive heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) is deployed to estimate the volatility of the exchange rate returns before and after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. We found that the EGARCH (1,1) specification fits the monthly currency series of the Asian currencies well, suggesting that volatility in exchange rates is time varying and asymmetric. The results show that before the crisis, only three currencies displayed evidence of asymmetries in their conditional variance. After the sharp fall in their currencies, all but one showed a significant increase in volatility and asymmetric effect. We conclude that the crisis caused a contagion that spread through the currency markets. The results of this study underline the importance of economic and political stability in the member countries for the stability of the regional economy.

Fear of Free Floating or Forced Exchange Rate Fixing

2004 ◽  
pp. 112-122
Author(s):  
O. Osipova
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Exchange Rate Policy ◽  
Float Exchange Rate ◽  
Floating Exchange Rate ◽  
Rate Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate Arrangements ◽  
Pass Through

After the financial crisis at the end of the 1990 s many countries rejected fixed exchange rate policy. However actually they failed to proceed to announced "independent float" exchange rate arrangement. This might be due to the "fear of floating" or an irreversible result of inflation targeting central bank policy. In the article advantages and drawbacks of fixed and floating exchange rate arrangements are systematized. Features of new returning to exchange rates stabilization and possible risks of such policy for Russia are considered. Special attention is paid to the issue of choice of a "target" currency composite which can minimize external inflation pass-through.

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