Implicit bands in the yen/dollar exchange rates

  1. Ledesma Rodríguez, Francisco J.
  2. Navarro Ibáñez, Manuel
  3. Pérez Rodríguez, Jorge V.
  4. Sosvilla Rivero, Simón
Journal:
Documentos de Trabajo ( Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de La Laguna )

Year of publication: 2004

Issue: 2

Type: Article

Abstract

This paper attempts to identify implicit exchange rate regimes for the Yen/Dollar exchange rate. To that end, we apply a sequential procedure that considers both the dynamics of exchange rates and central bank interventions to data covering the period from 1971 to 2003. Our results would suggest that implicit bands existed in two subperiods: April-December 1980 and March-December 1987, the latter coinciding with the Louvre Accord. Furthermore, the study of the credibility of such implicit bands indicates the high degree of confidence attributed by economic agents to the evolution of the the Yen/Dollar exchange rate within the detected implicit band rate, thus lending further support to the relevance of such implicit bands.