Why Was the Plaza Accord Unique?

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dc.contributor.authorGreen, Russell A.
dc.contributor.authorPapell, David H.
dc.contributor.authorProdan, Ruxandra
dc.contributor.orgJames A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-17T18:23:57Z
dc.date.available2016-10-17T18:23:57Z
dc.descriptionThis working paperﾠis one of a series submitted for the Oct. 1, 2015, Baker Institute event "Currency Policy Then and Now: 30th Anniversary of the Plaza Accord."
dc.description.abstractThis chapter explores what made the Plaza such a unique combination of strong cooperation and effective intervention relative to the rest of the post-Bretton Woods period. We demonstrate that in the first quarter of 1985 the US dollar was more overvalued in real terms, relative to exchange rates implied by real interest differentials, for all G-7 economies except Canada, than at any other time between 1973 and 2005. Further, we use Taylor rules to create a benchmark for consistency of intervention with monetary policy. We show that foreign exchange intervention in 1985 was consistent with the direction of monetary policy prescribed by the deviation of policy rates from the implied Taylor rule rates for the U.S., but only weakly so for Germany and Japan. This reinforces the view that the impact of the Plaza on exchange rates derived primarily from the major policy shift in the U.S.
dc.identifier.citationGreen, Russell A., Papell, David H. and Prodan, Ruxandra. "Why Was the Plaza Accord Unique?." (2015) James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy: <a href="http://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/why-was-plaza-accord-unique/">http://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/why-was-plaza-accord-unique/</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/91915
dc.publisherJames A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
dc.relation.urihttp://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/why-was-plaza-accord-unique/
dc.titleWhy Was the Plaza Accord Unique?
dc.typeWorking paper
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