The Dollar Exchange Rate as a Global Risk Factor: Evidence from Investment

Stefan Avdjiev, Valentina Bruno, Catherine Koch and Hyun Song Shin
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Catherine Koch: Bank for International Settlements
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IMF Economic Review, 2019, vol. 67, issue 1, No 6, 173 pages

Abstract: Abstract Exchange rate fluctuations could influence economic activity not only via the standard trade channel, but also through a financial channel, which operates through the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on borrowers’ balance sheets and lenders’ risk-taking capacity. This paper explores the “triangular” relationship between (1) the strength of the US dollar, (2) cross-border bank flows and (3) real investment. We conduct two sets of empirical exercises—a macro (country-level) study and a micro (firm-level) study. We find that a stronger dollar is associated with lower growth in dollar-denominated cross-border bank flows and lower real investment in emerging market economies. An important policy implication of our findings is that a stronger US dollar has real macroeconomic effects that go in the opposite direction to the standard trade channel.

JEL-codes: F31 F32 F34 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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