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                    November 7, 2007Developing a Framework to Assess Financial StabilityConference held on 7 and 8 November 2007 (papers in unedited, electronic format only)
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                    November 6, 2007North America in Today's Global Economic SettingIn recent months, much has been said, and written, about developments in financial markets. The turbulence in global credit markets, which had its roots in developments in the market for subprime mortgages here in the United States, has been a focal point of attention for market participants and policy-makers around the world.
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                    Expenditure-Switching Effect and the Choice of Exchange Rate RegimeThe author investigates the quantitative importance of the expenditure-switching effect by developing and estimating a structural sticky-price model nesting both producer currency pricing (PCP) and local currency pricing (LCP) settings.
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                    Testing Uncovered Interest Parity: A Continuous-Time ApproachNowadays researchers can choose the sampling frequency of exchange rates and interest rates.
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                    Where Does Price Discovery Occur in FX Markets?Trades in foreign exchange markets are initiated around the world and around the clock. This study illustrates that trades are more informative when initiated in a local country or in major foreign exchange centers like London and New York.
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                    October 25, 2007Forecasting Short-Term Economic Developments and the Role of Econometric ModelsConference held on 25 and 26 October 2007 (papers in unedited, electronic format only)
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                    October 21, 2007Credit Market Turbulence and Policy Challenges AheadGiven the Institute's membership and its focus on financial stability, I feel safe in saying that all of us here today watched this summer's turbulence in credit markets with interest, to put it mildly. What began in the spring as a repricing of credit risk turned into dislocations that have yet to fully run their course.
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                    Price-Level Targeting and Stabilization Policy: A ReviewThe author surveys recent articles on the costs and benefits of price-level targeting versus inflation targeting, focusing on the benefits and costs of price-level targeting as a tool for stabilization policy. He reviews papers that examine how price-level targeting affects the short-run trade-off between output and inflation variability by influencing expectations of future inflation. The […]
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