What is the relationship between interest rates and the exchange rate? The empirical literature in this area has been inconclusive. We use an optimizing model of a small open economy to rationalize the mixed empirical findings. The model has three key margins. First, higher domestic interest...

What is the relationship between interest rates and the exchange rate? The empirical literature in this area has been inconclusive. We use an optimizing model of a small open economy to rationalize the mixed empirical findings. The model has three key margins. First, higher domestic interest...

What does financial globalization imply for the design of monetary policy? Does the case for price stability change in an environment of large cross country gross asset holdings? This paper is concerned with the effects of monetary policy under endogenous international portfolio choice and...