• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Negative interest rates, capital flows and exchange rates
  • Contributor: Ruprecht, Romina [Author]
  • Published: Zurich: University of Zurich, Department of Economics, 2020
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: F31 ; negative interest rates ; monetary policy ; E52 ; E58 ; exchange rates
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  • Description: This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model with two currencies to study the effect of negative interest rates on domestic money demand and exchange rates. Money demand for a currency depends on the relative ratio of the money market rate and the deposit rate of the central bank. If agents choose to hold only domestic currency, a decrease in the deposit rate of the central bank will not affect the exchange rate. If agents choose to hold both currencies, a decrease in the deposit rate will cause an appreciation (depreciation) if the money market rate decreases to a larger (smaller) extent. If agents are subject to bank deposit rates that are sticky below zero, then a decrease of the central bank deposit rate leads to a depreciation of the currency regardless of the size of the effect on the money market rate.
  • Access State: Open Access