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Scaling and correlations in foreign exchange market

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  • Jiang, J.
  • Ma, K.
  • Cai, X.

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We observe that the distribution of the relative return, describing the variation of a certain currency, of 74 global currencies obeys a power-law. By using the random matrix theory we find that the distribution of eigenvalues of correlation matrix of relative return also follows a power-law. Using a scaled factorial moment we investigate the distribution of correlation coefficients of the relative return and observe intermittence phenomenon. Furthermore, we define the influence strength for a certain currency, which reflects the influence of its price change to the community interested. By doing that, we find that the distribution of influence strength is again a power-law. Beyond that, we compare the influence strength of Chinese Yuan (RMB) to those of other seven important currencies, which may have some interesting indications.

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  • Jiang, J. & Ma, K. & Cai, X., 2007. "Scaling and correlations in foreign exchange market," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 375(1), pages 274-280.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:375:y:2007:i:1:p:274-280
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.08.073
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