Discussion Papers no. 391

Liquidity provision in the overnight foreign exchange market

We presents evidence that non-financial customers are the main liquidity providers in the overnight foreign exchange market using a unique daily data set covering almost all transactions in the SEK/EUR market over almost ten years. Two main findings support this: (i) The net position of non-financial customers is negatively correlated with the exchange rate, opposed to the positive correlation found for financial customers; (ii) Changes in net position of non-financial customers are forecasted by changes in net position of financial customers, indicating that non-financial customers take a passive role consistent with liquidity provision.

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Tittel

Liquidity provision in the overnight foreign exchange market

Ansvarlige

Geir Høidal Bjønnes, Haakon O. Aa. Solheim, Dagfinn Rime

Serie og -nummer

Discussion Papers no. 391

Utgiver

Statistics Norway

Emne

Discussion Papers

Antall sider

36

Målform

Engelsk

Om Discussion Papers

Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.

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