Leading Indicators of Currency Crises

Leading Indicators of Currency Crises
ISBN-10
1451955863
ISBN-13
9781451955866
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
44
Language
English
Published
1997-07-01
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Author
Graciela Laura Kaminsky

Description

This paper examines the empirical evidence on currency crises and proposes a specific early warning system. This system involves monitoring the evolution of several indicators that tend to exhibit an unusual behavior in the periods preceding a crisis. When an indicator exceeds a certain threshold value, this is interpreted as a warning “signal” that a currency crisis may take place within the following 24 months. The variables that have the best track record within this approach include exports, deviations of the real exchange rate from trend, the ratio of broad money to gross international reserves, output, and equity prices.

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