FX Funding Risks and Exchange Rate Volatility–Korea’s Case

Author/Editor:

Jack J Ree ; Kyoungsoo Yoon ; Hail Park

Publication Date:

November 7, 2012

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper examines how exchange rate volatility and Korean banks’ foreign exchange liquidity mismatches interacted with each other during the Global Financial Crisis, and whether the vulnerability stemming from this interaction has been reduced since then. Structural and cyclical changes after the crisis, including decreasing demand for currency hedges and the diversifying investor base for bonds, point to a possible weakening of the interaction mechanism; and we find evidences are strongly supportive of this. 

Series:

Working Paper No. 2012/268

Subject:

Banking Currency markets Exchange rates External debt Financial institutions Financial markets Foreign banks Foreign exchange

English

Publication Date:

November 7, 2012

ISBN/ISSN:

9781475565171/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2012268

Pages:

29

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