In this paper it is argued that neither the earlier Phillips type of fixed-coefficient or temporary equilibrium models nor the recent Tobin type of portfolio equilibrium models of the money supply process capture the money and credit creating potential of external financial markets. A partial...

In the endgame of a fixed exchange rate regime, increases in interest rates to defend the currency may lead to an apparently perverse market response: further downward pressure on the exchange rate. This may result if a large proportion of investors' foreign exchange exposure is dynamically...

The paper presents evidence from the past three years which indicates that the exchange rate between the private ECU and the official ECU Basket can deviate substantially from par. The value of the private ECU is driven by expectations that a future European Central Bank will enforce par...