Two Models of FX Market Interventions: The Cases of Brazil and Mexico

Martin Tobal and Yslas Renato

No 2016-14, Working Papers from Banco de México

Abstract: This paper empirically compares the implications of two distinct models of FX intervention, within the context of Inflation Targeting Regimes. For this purpose, it applies the VAR methodology developed by Kim (2003) to the cases of Mexico and Brazil. Our results can be summarized in three points. First, FX interventions have had a short-lived effect on the exchange rate in both economies. Second, the Brazilian model of FX intervention entails higher inflationary costs and this result cannot be entirely explained by differences in the level of pass-through. Third, each model is associated with a different interaction between exchange rate and interest rate setting (conventional monetary policies).

Keywords: Foreign exchange intervention; Exchange rate pass-through; Exchange rate regime; Monetary policy coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 E52 F31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cba, nep-mac and nep-mon
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