Do High Interest Rates Defend Currencies during Speculative Attacks?
Drawing on evidence from a large sample of speculative attacks in industrial and developing countries, the author argues that high interest rates do not defend currencies against speculative attacks. In fact, there is a striking lack of any systema...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/439015/high-interest-rates-defend-currencies-during-speculative-attacks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19853 |
| Summary: | Drawing on evidence from a large sample
of speculative attacks in industrial and developing
countries, the author argues that high interest rates do not
defend currencies against speculative attacks. In fact,
there is a striking lack of any systematic association
between interest rates and the outcome of speculative
attacks. The lack of clear empirical evidence on the effects
of high interest rates during speculative attacks mirrors
the theoretical ambiguities on this issue. |
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