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Mr. Barry J. Eichengreen 0000000404811396 https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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Monetary and Capital Markets Department

Contents

  • I. Introduction

  • II. A Brief Primer On Submarine Fiber-Optic Cables

  • III. Empirical Framework And Hypotheses

  • IV. Basic Results

  • V. Extended Specification And Resul

  • VI. Conclusion

  • Tables

  • 1. Impact of Macro News on Exchange Rates

  • 2. Impact of Macro News on Exchange Rates-Role of Technology

  • 3. Impact of Monetary Policy News on Exchange Rates–Role of Trading Location and Technology

  • 4. Impact of Other News on Exchange Rates–Role of Trading Location and Technology

  • 5. Estimates Controlling for the Effect of Local News

  • Figures

  • 1. Point-to-Point Connection to the World’s Largest Foreign Exchange Markets via Submarine Fiber-Optic Cables

  • 2. Distribution of Daily FX Returns and Macroeconomic News

  • 3. Conditional Impact of Monetary Policy News on Exchange Rates–Role of Technology

  • 4. Share of Foreign Exchange Trading Occurring Offshore

  • 5. Conditional Impact of U.S. Policy Interest Rate News on Exchange Rates–Role of Trading Location and Technology

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Thick vs. Thin-Skinned: Technology, News, and Financial Market Reaction
Author:
Mr. Barry J. Eichengreen
,
Romain Lafarguette
, and
Arnaud Mehl