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Eijffinger, S., Gruijters, A. On the Short Term Objectives of Daily Intervention by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System in the U.S. Dollar – Deutsche Mark Exchange Market. Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, 24(1), 50-72. https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.24.1.50
Eijffinger, S. C. W. and Gruijters, A. P. D. "On the Short Term Objectives of Daily Intervention by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System in the U.S. Dollar – Deutsche Mark Exchange Market" Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 24.1, 1991, 50-72. https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.24.1.50
Eijffinger, S. C. W./Gruijters, A. P. D. (1991): On the Short Term Objectives of Daily Intervention by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System in the U.S. Dollar – Deutsche Mark Exchange Market, in: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, vol. 24, iss. 1, 50-72, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.24.1.50
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On the Short Term Objectives of Daily Intervention by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System in the U.S. Dollar – Deutsche Mark Exchange Market

Eijffinger, S. C. W. | Gruijters, A. P. D.

Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 24 (1991), Iss. 1 : pp. 50–72

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https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.24.1.50
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S. C. W. Eijffinger, Tilburg

A. P. D. Gruijters, Tilburg

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Abstract

On the Short Term Objectives of Daily Intervention by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System in the U.S. Dollar-Deutsche Mark Exchange Market

The purpose of this article is to specify and to test a short term reaction function of the foreign exchange market intervention by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System. Based on the Jurgensen-report and more recent publications, it is assumed that both central banks have as their main objective for intervention policy to smooth exchange rate volatility from day to day and from week to week. Using daily intervention data of the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System and intra-day data of the U.S. Dollar-Deutsche Mark exchange rate for the period February 1985 – September 1988, the most important conclusions are the following. Firstly, both central banks conducted a "leaning against the wind" policy in order to smooth the U.S. Dollar-Deutsche Mark exchange rate fluctuations more from day to day than from week to week. Secondly, both central banks take full account of the uncertainty in the U.S. Dollar-Deutsche Mark exchange market with respect to their intervention policy.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
S. C. W. Eijffinger/A. P. D. Gruijters: On the Short Term Objectives of Daily Intervention\rby the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System\rin the U.S. Dollar - Deutsche Mark Exchange Market 50
I. Introduction 50
II. The Objectives of Exchange Market Interventions by Central Banks 51
III. An Empirical Study of the Reaction Functions of the Deutsche Bundesbank and Federal Reserve System 56
1. Exchange Market Interventions by the Bundesbank, Federal Reserve and Both Central Banks 58
2. Coordination of Exchange Market Interventions by Both Central Banks 64
3. Effect of Exchange Market Uncertainty on Exchange Market Interventions 65
IV. Conclusion 69
References 70
Zusammenfassung: Beitrag zu den kurzfristigen Zielen der täglichen Beeinflussung des US-Dollar-/Deutschmarkkurses seitens der Deutschen Bundesbank und des Federal-Reserve-System 71
Summary: On the Short Term Objectives of Daily Intervention by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System in the U.S. Dollar-Deutsche Mark Exchange Market 71
Résumé: Les objectifs à court terme de l'intervention quotidienne de la Deutsche Bundesbank et du Federal Reserve System sur le marché des changes du dollar américain et du Deutsche Mark 71

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