Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128017 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 03.06
Publisher: 
Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee, Gerzensee
Abstract: 
Reuters news reports have become an accepted tool for empirical studies analyzing informational asymmetries in FX markets. This paper tests the accuracy of the Reuters reports for Swiss interventions in the foreign exchange market. The evidence finds that the time stamp of the Reuters reports does not always lie near the recorded time of the first intervention trade as is commonly assumed in market microstructure studies. The standard deviation of the time difference is measured in hours and not in minutes. These and other regression results question the accuracy of Reuters reports for Swiss interventions.
Subjects: 
Central Bank Interventions
Intra-Daily Data
Reuters News Reports
JEL: 
F31
F33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
140.87 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.