Commodity prices and exchange rate volatility: lessons from South Africa's capital account liberalization

We examine the relationship between South African Rand and gold price volatility using monthly data for the period 1980-2010. Our main findings is that prior to capital account liberalization the causality runs from South African Rand to gold price volatility but the causality runs the other way aro...

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1. Verfasser: Arezki, Rabah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C International Monetary Fund 2012
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 12/168
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Zusammenfassung:We examine the relationship between South African Rand and gold price volatility using monthly data for the period 1980-2010. Our main findings is that prior to capital account liberalization the causality runs from South African Rand to gold price volatility but the causality runs the other way around for the post-liberalization period. These findings suggest that gold price volatility plays a key role in explaining both the excessive exchange rate volatility and current disproportionate share of speculative (short-run) inflows that South Africa has been coping with since the opening up of its capital account
Beschreibung:Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed Jun. 29, 2012). - "Institute for Capacity Development.". - "June 2012."
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (19 Seiten)
ISBN:1475505167
9781475505160
9781475511024
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9781475563504
1475563507
ISSN:1018-5941

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