Central Bank Intervention and Exchange Rate Volatility, its Continuous and Jump Components

FRB of St. Louis Working Paper No. 2006-031C

37 Pages Posted: 16 May 2006

See all articles by Michel A. R. Beine

Michel A. R. Beine

University of Luxemburg; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Jerome Lahaye

Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP); University of Namur; Catholic University of Louvain

Sébastien Laurent

AMSE

Christopher J. Neely

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division

Franz C. Palm

University of Maastricht - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Date Written: February 2007

Abstract

We analyze the relationship between interventions and volatility at daily and intra-daily frequencies for the two major exchange rate markets. Using recent econometric methods to estimate realized volatility, we employ bipower variation to decompose this volatility into a continuously varying and jump component. Analysis of the timing and direction of jumps and interventions imply that coordinated interventions tend to cause few, but large jumps. Most coordinated operations explain, statistically, an increase in the persistent (continuous) part of exchange rate volatility. This correlation is even stronger on days with jumps.

Keywords: intervention, exchange rate, jumps, bi-power variation, volatility, central bank

JEL Classification: F31, F33, C34

Suggested Citation

Beine, Michel A. R. and Lahaye, Jerome and Laurent, Sébastien and Neely, Christopher J. and Palm, Franz C., Central Bank Intervention and Exchange Rate Volatility, its Continuous and Jump Components (February 2007). FRB of St. Louis Working Paper No. 2006-031C, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=901267 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.901267

Michel A. R. Beine

University of Luxemburg ( email )

L-1511 Luxembourg
Luxembourg

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5
Munich, DE-81679
Germany

Jerome Lahaye

Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP) ( email )

Rempart de la Vierge, 8
Namur 5000
Belgium

University of Namur ( email )

8 rempart de la vierge
Namur, 5000
Belgium

Catholic University of Louvain ( email )

34 Voie du Roman Pays
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, b-1348
Belgium

Sébastien Laurent

AMSE ( email )

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Marseille, 13236
France

Christopher J. Neely (Contact Author)

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division ( email )

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Franz C. Palm

University of Maastricht - Department of Economics ( email )

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Netherlands
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CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Munich, DE-81679
Germany

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