Off-the-record target zones: Theory with an application to Hong Kong's currency board

Michael Funke, Yu-Fu Chen and Nicole Glanemann

Quantitative Macroeconomics Working Papers from Hamburg University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper provides a modelling framework for evaluating the exchange rate dyna-mics of a target zone regime with undisclosed bands. We generalize the literature to allow for asymmetric one-sided regimes. Market participants' beliefs concerning an undisclosed band change as they learn more about central bank intervention policy. We apply the model to Hong Kong's one-sided currency board mechanism. In autumn 2003, the Hong Kong dollar appreciated from close to 7.80 per US dollar to 7.70, as investors feared that the currency board would be abandoned. In the wake of this appreciation, the monetary authorities finally revamped the regime as a symmetric two-sided system with a narrow exchange rate band.

Keywords: Currency Board Arrangement; Target Zone Model; Credibility; Hong Kong (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 E42 F31 F32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-06
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