CURRENT FINANCIAL MARKETS DEVELOPMENT FOREX Doc. RNDr. Petr Budinský, CSc. Prague, 2016
Current Financial Markets Development Global economy Bonds Forex Stocks Commodites Derivatives
Currency Markets- FOREX the relationship between interest rates and exchange rates the impact of the exchange rate on the state's economy analysis of selected exchange rates – USD / EUR, CZK / USD, CZK / EUR, YEN / USD, CHF / EUR analysis of individual currencies in terms of their importance in international trade and in foreign exchange operations significance and impact of currency interventions (BP, CHF, CZK)
Evolution of the price of gold
History of exchange rates
Exchange rate regimes Fixed Exchange Rate Currency board (Bulgaria, Estonia, Argentina) Managed Float Crawling peg (Mexico) Floating Rate
The choice of exchange rate regime Fixed Exchange Rate - Low Maturity Financial Sector - Exchange Risk Floating Rate - High Inflation - Autonomous Monetary Policy
European Monetary System (EMS)
British Pound (BP) Attack in 1992 – George Soros Inflation 10 %, Distrust by the Bundesbank Raising Interest Rates: 10 % 12 % 15 % Intervention buying BP (15 mld. BP) BP 15 % towards DM 25 % towards USD
European Exchange Rate Mechanism II (ERM II) Successor EMS ( ) EU Euro Fluctuation Band I 15% Fulfillment of Conditions – 2 years
Exchange Rate– EUR / USD
The relationship between the exchange rate and interest rate Example: Czech Republic… r = 1 % 1 USD = 24,5 CZK If the CNB will raise rates, then the new rate is equal to S: a) 24,20 CZK / USD b) 24,80 CZK / USD
Parity interest rates
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Absolute (strong) form - tariffs, quotas, taxes, wages, costs Relative form - appreciation / depreciation of the currency depending on differences in inflation INFLATION DIFFERENTIALS
Foreign exchange reserves by currency CurrencyYear 2001Year 2013 USD71,0 %65,0 % EUR18,3 %25,1 % JPY6,1 %0,6 % GBP2,8 %4,0 % CHF0,3 % Other1,5 %5,0 % Total100 %
Foreign exchange reserves by countries State Foreign exchange reserves (in bill. USD) China3 300,0 Japan1 300,0 Saudi Arabia656,9 Russia537,6 Switzerland531,1 Taiwan408,5 Brazil373,1 South Korea327,0 Hong Kong317,4 India297,8 Germany248,9
The most traded currencies CurrencyYear 1995Year 2010 USD90 %85 % Euro0 %39 % JPY24 %19 % GBP18 %13 % CHF8 % AUD3 %8 % CAD2 %5 % Total145 %179 %
The most traded currency pairs Currency PairYear 2010 USD / EUR28 % USD / JPY15 % …… EUR / JPY3%
Special Drawing Rights (SDR) Formation SDR in 1969, the role of the International Monetary Fund Support for Bretton Woods 204,1 mld. SDR in 2009 USD, EUR, YEN, BP and JUAN
Special Drawing Rights (SDR) CurrencyAmountRate USD equivalent Euro0,42301,102200, YEN12, ,400000, BP0,11101,557200, USD0,66001,000000, SDR1,397135
Formation of Monetary Union Criteria: High labor mobility Openness, capital mobility Price and wage flexibility Alignment of economic cycles Benefits: Reduced transaction costs, elimination of exchange rate risk, business connectivity Drawbacks: The loss of monetary policy, the possibility of asymmetric shocks
The criteria for euro adoption
Exchange Rate – USD / CZK, EUR / CZK
Exchange Rate - EUR / CHF
Exchange Rate – GBP / CZK
Exchange Rate – USD / CNY
Exchange Rate – USD / JPY
Exchange Rate – USD / MXN
Exchange Rate – USD / RUB, EUR / RUB