Deviations from Covered Interest Rate Parity

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Wenxin Du

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Alexande Tepper

Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Adrien Verdelhan

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Date Written: February 2017

Abstract

We find that deviations from the covered interest rate parity condition (CIP) imply large, persistent, and systematic arbitrage opportunities in one of the largest asset markets in the world. Contrary to the common view, these deviations for major currencies are not explained away by credit risk or transaction costs. They are particularly strong for forward contracts that appear on the banks' balance sheets at the end of the quarter, pointing to a causal effect of banking regulation on asset prices. The CIP deviations also appear significantly correlated with other fixed-income spreads and with nominal interest rates.

Suggested Citation

Du, Wenxin and Tepper, Alexander and Verdelhan, Adrien and Verdelhan, Adrien, Deviations from Covered Interest Rate Parity (February 2017). NBER Working Paper No. w23170, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2920388

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