Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Andreas M. Fischer
Author-Name-First: Andreas M.
Author-Name-Last: Fischer
Author-Person: pfi23
Author-Name: Angelo Ranaldo
Author-Name-First: Angelo
Author-Name-Last: Ranaldo
Author-Person: pra161
Title: Does FOMC News Increase Global FX Trading?
Abstract: Does global currency volume increase on days when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets? To test the hypothesis of excess currency volume on FOMC days, we use a novel data set from the Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS) Bank. The CLS measure captures roughly half of the global trading volume in foreign exchange (FX) markets. We find strong evidence that trading volume increases in the order of 5% across currency areas on FOMC days during 2003 to 2007. This result holds irrespective of the size of price changes in currency markets and FOMC policy shocks. The new evidence of excess FX trading on FOMC days is inconsistent with standard models of the asset market approach with homogenous agents.
Length: 43 pages
Creation-Date: 2008
Contact-Email: forschung@snb.ch
File-URL: https://www.snb.ch/en/publications/research/working-papers/2008/working_paper_2008_09
File-Format: text/html
Number: 2008-09
Classification-JEL: F31, G12
Keywords: Trading volume, FOMC, Global linkages
Handle: RePEc:snb:snbwpa:2008-09