Category Archive: 4.) FX Theory

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How the US Election Could Impact Your Euro Trades

2024-10-17

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2024-10-17

  As the 2024 US presidential election approaches, investors worldwide are closely monitoring potential ramifications on global markets, including the euro. The outcome of this election could significantly influence currency fluctuations, trade policies, and international relations as Republican candidate Donald Trump seeks to regain the White House from the Democratic party – which has nominated …

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(1.3.) Let’s improve the way we report FX rates

This post is motivated by recent headlines suggesting that the Chinese yuan has depreciated in recent days. Here's an example: China's yuan weakens to 5-1/2 low as c.bank tolerates depreciation. This headline is completely inaccurate - the Chinese yuan has been appreciating in recent days. So that's one problem I'd like to fix.

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(5.6.1) Crowther’s Balances and Imbalances of Payments: METI Paper

Geoffrey Crowther
The former chief editor of "The Economist" Geoffrey Crowther published a great work on the development of balance of payments and current accounts over the long-term. It divides development into six phases, which are analogous to Shakespeare's seven phases of life. The seven stages are: Young debtor nation, Mature debtor nation, Debt repayment nation, Young creditor nation, Mature creditor nation, Credit disposition /Asset Liquidation nation and...

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(3.4) More Thoughts on Negative Rates



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(3.3) FAQ: The Why and What For of BOJ’s Negative Interest Rates



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(10.1.2) Net International Investment Position Switzerland and Italy

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We compare aspects of the Net International Investment Positions for Italy and Switzerland

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(1.1) Currencies: Asian vs. American bloc



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(13) Germany and the Currencies in Northern Europe

German spending is one factor that drives currencies in Northern Europe.

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(2.1) OECD Purchasing Power Parity Index

The OECD purchasing power parity compares consumption prices in different countries.

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(2.2) Purchasing Power Parity: Big Mac and Starbucks Tall Latte

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The following table compares the Big Mac and the Starbucks Tall Latte index among different countries. It explains the issues with these measurements.

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(2.3) Differences in global CPI baskets

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Typically poorer countries have a basket with a higher weight for food and other consumption goods, but richer states give them a smaller weight. Here the full details over different countries

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(2.4) Purchasing Power Parity: Prefer Export Price Indices against PPI

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(2.6) CPI-based Real Effective Exchange Rate Since 1965: Yen Still Most Overvalued Currency

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If we calculate Real Effective Exchange rates on the base year 1965, the Japanese yen remains the most overvalued currency. This analysis is based on the real effective exchange rate (REER) provided by the Bank of International Settlement (BIS) and a consumer price-index adjusted exchange rate. The real value of the yen is around 50% higher than 1965, the same applies to the Swiss franc.

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(2.7) The Most Complete Real Effective FX Rate Comparison

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In August 2013 the Bruegel blog offered one of the best comparison of long-term real effective exchange rates (REER). The data is CPI based and therefore not as good as the producer price index (PPI) that reflects tradable goods better. However the data is huge with three different sources - BIS, World Bank, Eurostat, OECD and Bruegel. The data indicates how the real value of the currencies of China and many other Emerging Markets (EM) have...

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(3) Inflation, Central Banks and Interest Rates

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In this chapter we connect three related concepts: inflation, central banks and interest rates.

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(3.1) FX Theory: Interest Rate Parity

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The interest rate parity gives a mathematical explanation for the purchasing power parity and real effective interest rates

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