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Original Sin Redux Asia School of Business-SEACEN webinar series on macro, finance and emerging markets Hyun Song Shin*, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, BIS 14 May 2020 *The views expressed here are mine and not necessarily those of the
Original Sin Redux
Asia School of Business-SEACEN webinar series on macro, finance and emerging markets
Hyun Song Shin*, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, BIS 14 May 2020
*The views expressed here are mine and not necessarily those of the Bank for International Settlements
Borrowers Investors A L A L
Country A
A’s currency
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Finding 1: lenders tend to lend in their own currency
Borrowers A L Investors A L A L A’s currency
Country A
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Maggiori, Neiman and Schreger (2018) “The rise of the dollar and fall of the euro as international currencies”
Finding 2: private sector borrowers are subject to “original sin”; when borrowing from abroad, they do so in foreign currency
Borrowers Investors A L A L A L A’s currency
Country A
A L
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Canadian corporate bond issuance
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Maggiori, Neiman and Schreger (2018) “The rise of the dollar and fall of the euro as international currencies”
Finding 3: exception is the US and the US dollar
Borrowers A L Investors A L A L US dollar
USA
A L
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US corporate bonds issuance
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Maggiori, Neiman and Schreger (2018) “The rise of the dollar and fall of the euro as international currencies”
Liabilities side of lender’s balance sheet looms into view
Borrowers A L Investors A L A L A’s currency
Country A
A L
Pension funds and life insurers have bond-like
- bligations; they want
assets that back them up
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Lessons from 1990s EME financial crises
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l Avoid currency mismatch l Avoid maturity mismatch
Overcoming original sin: non-resident holdings of EME local currency sovereign bonds
Source: World Bank
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%
Two duration measures
Duration = −
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l Compare duration measures with:
§ Percentage return in local currency terms § Percentage return in dollar terms
dP / P dr
Percentage return Yield change
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EMEs local currency sovereign bond returns1, January 2013 – October 2018
1Total return on bonds denominated in local currency as weekly change in JPMorgan GBI-EM principal return index in local currency and
US dollar. Sources: JPMorgan Chase; BIS calculations.
Mexico South Africa
y = -0.06 -12.4x where R2 =0.58 y = -0.01 -5.05x where R2 =0.88 –10 –5 5 1.0 –0.5 0.0 0.5 Change in yield, in percentage points Local currency return Return, in percent y = -0.02 -12.8x where R2 =0.70 y = 0.03 -4.59x where R2 =0.94 –10 –5 5 1.0 –0.5 0.0 0.5 Change in yield, in percentage points US dollar return
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Return, in percent
EMEs local currency sovereign bond returns1, January 2013 – October 2018
1Total return on bonds denominated in local currency as weekly change in JPMorgan GBI-EM principal return index in local currency and
US dollar. Sources: JPMorgan Chase; BIS calculations.
Indonesia Brazil
y = -0.09 -6.6x where R2 =0.60 y = -0.01 -4.52x where R2 =0.88 –10 –5 5 1.0 –0.5 0.0 0.5 Change in yield, in percentage points US dollar return Return, in percent y = -0.11 -8.52x where R2 =0.66 y = 0.04 -4.34x where R2 =0.93 –10 –5 5 1.0 –0.5 0.0 0.5 Change in yield, in percentage points US dollar return
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Return, in percent
Advanced economies sovereign bond returns1, January 2013 – October 2018
1 GBI Global Country 5 to 7 year maturity indices forthe selected economies.
Sources: JPMorgan Chase; BIS calculations. y = -0.06 -2.67x where R2 =0.02 –4 –2 2 0.3 –0.2 –0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 Change in yield, in percentage points Local currency return Return, in percent y = -0.12 -1.91x where R2 =0.01
France Sweden
y = -0.03 -5.41x y = -0.03 -5.09x where R2 = 0.96 where R2 =0.94 –6 –4 –2 2 0.3 –0.2 –0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 Change in yield, in percentage points US dollar return
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Return, in percent
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Covid-19 shock
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Foreign ownership in EME local currency bond markets
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US dollar and local currency returns vis-à-vis yield changes
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US dollar and local currency returns vis-à-vis yield changes (cont)
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Exchange rates co-move with bond yields in EMEs
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EME FX reserve buffers
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Monetary policy frameworks in EMEs: BIS Annual Economic Report 2019, Chapter II
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