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The COVID-19 pandemic haunting the transmission of the quantitative easing to the exchange rate

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The sudden spread of the COVID-19 pandemic disturbed the entire macroeconomic system and overturned the expectations of financial market participants and decision-makers. Using a TVP-BVAR-SV model, I investigate the transmission of the quantitative easing (QE) to the exchange rate and the business credit in the Eurozone during the pre-and post-COVID-19 outbreak. I find that the responses of the exchange rate EUR/USD to monetary policy shocks vary over time. In particular, I show that the QE policy does not generate the expected effect on the exchange rate during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The results imply that the unforeseen COVID-19 crisis has disturbed and modified investors’ behavior.

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  • Aloui, Donia, 2021. "The COVID-19 pandemic haunting the transmission of the quantitative easing to the exchange rate," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 43(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:43:y:2021:i:c:s1544612321001069
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2021.102025
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; ECB; Quantitative easing; Exchange rate; Shadow rate; Business credits; TVP-BVAR-SV model; Stochastic volatility;
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    JEL classification:

    • C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • G40 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - General

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