Bank of Japan interventions and the volatility of the dollar yen exchange rate

Georgios Chortareas, Ying Jiang

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Abstract

We analyse the impact of Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) intervention on the volatility of the USD JPY exchange rates under a regime switching framework. We find that the Yen intervention decreases the volatility, and the impact is only significant when market volatility is low.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25-36
Number of pages12
JournalCredit and Capital Markets
Volume50
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Exchange Rate Volatility
  • Foreign Exchange Intervention
  • Regime Switching GARCH

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
  • Law

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