Foreign Exchange Rates, Asymmetric Adjustment and Threshold Co-integration: Empirical Evidence from Canada

Subarna K. Samanta and Ali H. M. Zadeh
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Subarna K. Samanta: The College of New Jersey
Ali H. M. Zadeh: Susquehanna University

Journal of Economic Insight, 2001, vol. 27, issue 2, 19-35

Abstract: This paper provides an empirical analysis of the adjustment process that exists in the foreign exchange market, especially, between spot exchange rates and forward exchange rates. This paper uses monthly observations of Canadian and U.S. dollar exchange rates for the period of 1973-1994. Employing the threshold auto-regression and threshold co-integration methodologies; our findings indicate the presence of a strong asymmetric adjustment process. This adjustment process is more persistent when the exchange rate differential is positive. Although, we have found the existence of a weak threshold co-integrating relationship between the current spot rates and expected future rates, the error correction estimation does not provide us with any conclusive inference about the process of adjustment. These results imply that the Central Bank of Canada may formulate a more appropriate policy regarding intervention in the foreign exchange market.

JEL-codes: C22 F31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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