Covered interest parity deviations in standard monetary models

Oyakhilome Ibhagui

Journal of Economics and Business, 2020, vol. 111, issue C, No S0148619519301535

Abstract: Several currencies have over time exhibited persistent deviations from covered interest rate parity (CIP), resulting in non-zero cross-currency basis swap spreads. The links between these deviations and macroeconomic variables, such as those in a standard monetary model, however, have attracted less interest. In this paper, we initiate attempts to address this gap. First, we present a simple model where we allow for deviations from CIP in a standard monetary framework. With this model, we argue for the existence of levels relationships between cross-currency basis swap spreads and the macroeconomic variables. In the empirical part, we employ long-panel techniques and show that tighter cross-currency swap spreads are related to a rise in relative money supply for both European and non-European currencies and to higher relative real output for non-European currencies. We also perform error-correction analysis which reveals that the mechanism governing the adjustment to equilibrium is not the same for European and non-European currencies. However, we show that a common theme between both groups is that when there is a move away from equilibrium, it is the cross-currency basis swap spreads that adjust to ensure a return to equilibrium.

Keywords: Cross-currency basis swap spreads; Covered interest rate parity (CIP) deviations; Standard monetary model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C3 E5 F3 G1 G2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2020.105909

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