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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971216603321

Autore

Stone Mark

Titolo

From Lombard Street to Avenida Paulista : : Foreign Exchange Liquidity Easing in Brazil in Response to the Global Shock of 2008–09 / / Mark Stone, W. Christopher Walker, Yosuke Yasui

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612844539

9781462356768

1462356761

9781451874051

1451874057

9781282844537

1282844539

9781452789408

1452789401

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (53 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

WalkerW. Christopher

YasuiYosuke

Disciplina

338.291237

Soggetti

Foreign exchange rates - Brazil

Futures - Brazil

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Currency

Depository Institutions

Economics

Emerging and frontier financial markets

Exchange rates

Finance

Finance: General

Financial services industry

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Investment Decisions

Liquidity

Micro Finance Institutions



Mortgages

Portfolio Choice

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I. Introduction; 1. Medium and Large Emerging Market Economies, Number of Central Bank Foreign Exchange Liquidity Easing Measures, 2008-09; II. Background for Brazil; 1. Brazil-Exchange Rate level and Volatility During the Crisis; 2. Cupom Cambial and LIBOR; III. Policy Context; IV. Empirical Analysis; 2. Estimates of the Effect of the BCB's Announcements and Interventions on the Spot Rate15; 3. Estimates of the Effect of the BCB's Announcements and Interventions on the Implied Volatility

4. Estimates of the Effect of the BCB's Announcements and Interventions on Basis SpreadV. Closing Thoughts; 1. Cupom Cambial and Basis Spreads; 2. Foreign Exchange Measures of the Banco Central do Brasil, September 2008-May 2009; 3. Quotes from Lombard Street; 4. Data Description; 5. Unit Root Tests; References; Footnotes

Sommario/riassunto

The provision of foreign exchange liquidity by emerging market central banks during the global shock of 2008-09 departs from the domestic liquidity lender of last resort role described by Bagehot in his classic "Lombard Street." This paper documents and analyzes the foreign exchange liquidity providing measures of the Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) in response to varied market stresses. These measures appear to have reduced the relative onshore cost of dollar liquidity on impact and seemed to stabilize market expectations of exchange rate volatility. The results suggest that foreign exchange liquidity easing operations may become a standard central bank tool.