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Title: The Economics of Currency Risk

Author(s): Tarek Alexander Hassan and Tony Zhang

Publication Date: September 2020

Keyword(s): Capital Flows, carry trade, Country risk, currency risk, Forward premium puzzle and uncovered interest parity

Programme Area(s): Financial Economics, International Macroeconomics and Finance, Macroeconomics and Growth and Monetary Economics and Fluctuations

Abstract: This article reviews the literature on currency and country risk with a focus on its macroeconomic origins and implications. A growing body of evidence shows countries with safer currencies enjoy persistently lower interest rates and a lower required return to capital. As a result, they accumulate relatively more capital than countries with currencies international investors perceive as risky. Whereas earlier research focused mainly on the role of currency risk in generating violations of uncovered interest parity and other financial anomalies, more recent evidence points to important implications for the allocation of capital across countries, the efficacy of exchange rate stabilization policies, the sustainability of trade deficits, and the spillovers of shocks across international borders.

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Hassan, T and Zhang, T. 2020. 'The Economics of Currency Risk'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=15313