Deviations From Uncovered Interest Parity: A Global Guide to Where the Action Is

August 1, 1998

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Evan C Tanner. Deviations From Uncovered Interest Parity: A Global Guide to Where the Action Is, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

Ex-post deviations from uncovered interest parity (UIP) – realized differences between dollar returns on identical assets of different currencies – equal the real interest differential plus real exchange rate growth. Among industrialized countries, UIP deviations are largely explained by unanticipated real exchange rate growth, but among developing countries, real interest differentials are “where the action is.” This observation is due to the greater variability of inflation in developing countries, but may also stem from higher and more variable risks and capital controls in these countries. Also, among developing countries with moderate inflation, offsetting comovements of real interest differentials and real exchange growth support the sticky-price hypothesis.

Subject: Econometric analysis, Exchange rate adjustments, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Interest rate parity, Real exchange rates, Real interest rates, Vector autoregression

Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Deviations from UIP, Exchange rate, Exchange rate adjustments, Exchange rate growth, Inflation differential, Interest differential, Interest rate parity, Real exchange rates, Real interest rates, UIP deviation, Vector autoregression, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

24
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Series:

Working Paper No. 1998/117
Stock No:

WPIEA1171998
ISBN:

9781451941647
ISSN:

1018-5941

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