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An Early Warning System for Currency Crises in Emerging Countries

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  • Lutfa Tilat Ferdous

    (Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK)

  • Khnd Md Mostafa Kamal

    (Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC 3217, Australia)

  • Amirul Ahsan

    (Department of Finance, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC 3217, Australia)

  • Nhung Hong Thuy Hoang

    (School of Economics, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh 722700, Vietnam)

  • Munshi Samaduzzaman

    (School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD 4701, Australia)

Abstract

In this study we develop an early warning system (EWS) to forecast currency crises in emerging countries in Asia and Latin America, using logit regression on monthly data from 1992 to 2011. We found that macroeconomic and institutional variables are valuable indicators for forecasting crises. Our results show that a low level of export growth, current account surplus/GDP, GDP growth, a high level of real exchange rate growth, import growth, and short-term debt/reserves can explain the advent of a possible currency crisis. We found that a poor law and order scenario and high external conflict can lead to a currency crisis. Additional findings include high government stability and the absence of internal conflict, which contribute to an absence of democracy, ultimately leading to a currency crisis. The policy-makers can consider taking the effective pre-emptive actions to prevent the currency crises occurring in the future.

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  • Lutfa Tilat Ferdous & Khnd Md Mostafa Kamal & Amirul Ahsan & Nhung Hong Thuy Hoang & Munshi Samaduzzaman, 2022. "An Early Warning System for Currency Crises in Emerging Countries," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-25, April.
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