Puzzling Exchange Rate Dynamics and Delayed Portfolio Adjustment

47 Pages Posted: 18 Sep 2019 Last revised: 2 Apr 2023

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Philippe Bacchetta

University of Lausanne; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Swiss Finance Institute

Eric van Wincoop

University of Virginia - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: September 2019

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to show that the proposal by Froot and Thaler (1990) of delayed portfolio adjustment can account for a broad set of puzzles about the relationship between interest rates and exchange rates. The puzzles include: i) the delayed overshooting puzzle; ii) the forward discount puzzle (or Fama puzzle); iii) the predictability reversal puzzle; iv) the Engel puzzle (high interest rate currencies are stronger than implied by UIP); v) the forward guidance exchange rate puzzle; vi) the absence of a forward discount puzzle with long-term bonds. These results are derived analytically in a simple two-country model with portfolio adjustment costs. Quantitatively, this approach can match all targeted moments related to these puzzles.

Suggested Citation

Bacchetta, Philippe and van Wincoop, Eric, Puzzling Exchange Rate Dynamics and Delayed Portfolio Adjustment (September 2019). NBER Working Paper No. w26259, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3454360

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