August 2000 - Hikes in U.S. interest rates in 1999-2000 have started to spill over to other economies' interest rates, which in many countries have risen to reflect the higher U.S. rates. Are countries with flexible exchange rates better able to isolate their domestic interest rates from this...

The more recent asset market literature on flexible exchange rates seems to share the opinion that it is not possible to treat the stock-flow interaction on the adjustment path to a new long-run equilibrium adequately in continuous time. The present paper discloses some severe inconsistencies...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Outline -- PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS -- 1. Introduction: Exchange Rate Theories and the Current Account -- 2. The Monetary Approach -- 3. Portfolio Balance and Wealth Redistribution Effects of the Current Account -- 4....

In the political discussion, exchange rates are often said to be overvalued or undervalued. This is due to the fact that exchange rates have to fulfill a (more than) dual role: they have to balance international goods markets and international capital markets. In general, economic models try to...