Monetary Policy Announcements, Information Shocks, and Exchange Rate Dynamics

Daniel Gründler, Eric Mayer and Johann Scharler
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Daniel Gründler: University of Innsbruck

Open Economies Review, 2023, vol. 34, issue 2, No 5, 369 pages

Abstract: Abstract We study nominal exchange rate dynamics in the aftermath of U.S. monetary policy announcements. Using high-frequency interest rate and stock price movements around FOMC announcements, we distinguish between pure monetary policy shocks and information shocks, which are associated with new information contained in the announcements. Contractionary pure policy shocks give rise to a strong, but transitory, appreciation on impact. Information shocks also appreciate the exchange rate, but the effect builds up only slowly over time and is highly persistent. Thus, we conclude that although the short-run effects on the exchange rate are primarily due to pure policy shocks, the medium-run response is driven by information effects.

Keywords: Central bank information; High-frequency identification; Proxy-VAR; Exchange rate dynamics; E44; E52; E30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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