The Offshore Renminbi Exchange Rate: Microstructure and Links to the Onshore Market

Arbeitspapier

The offshore renminbi (CNH) exchange rate is the exchange rate of the Chinese currency transacted outside China. We study the CNH exchange rate dynamics and its links with onshore exchange rates. Using a specialized microstructure dataset, we find that CNH is significantly affected by its order flow and limit-order imbalance. The offshore CNH exchange rate has an increasing impact on the onshore rate, and significant predictive power for the official RMB central parity rate. The CNH order flow also affects the onshore RMB exchange rate and the central parity rate. The interactions between variables are likely to be time-varying.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4850

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Foreign Exchange ; International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions ; Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading ; International Financial Markets ; Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages ; Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation
• Subject: foreign exchange market microstructure ; order flow ; limit-order imbalance ; CNH ; CNY ; central parity rate

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cheung, Yin-Wong ; Rime, Dagfinn
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/102094
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET