Offshore Currency Markets: Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDFs) in Asia

Author: Jochen M. Schmittmann and Chua Han Teng

Volume/Issue: Volume 2020 Issue 179

Publication date: September 2020

ISBN: 9781513556321

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Banks and Banking , Finance , Investments and Securities-General , Economics- Macroeconomics , Money and Monetary Policy , WP , NDF market , onshore market , NDF pricing , NDF trading , NDF volume , Philippine peso , Currency Markets , Offshore Markets , Non-Deliverable Forwards , NDF , DNDF , Indian rupee , transaction volume , trading hub , MYR NDF trading , NDF data , emerging market , DNDF position , Currencies , Depreciation , Spillovers , Global , East Asia , South Asia , DNDF liquidity , COVID-19 , Asia and Pacific

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Summary

Non-deliverable forward (NDF) markets in many Asian emerging market currencies are large, rapidly growing, and often exceed onshore markets in transaction volume. NDFs tend to price significant depreciation during market stress episodes including COVID-19. Spillovers from NDFs to onshore markets are a policymaker concern. Our analysis shows that influences tend to run both ways after controlling for differences in timezones between markets. For the COVID-19 pandemic there is some evidence of NDFs leading onshore markets for a few currencies. Policy approaches to NDFs vary widely across Asia from close integration with onshore markets to severe restrictions on NDF trading.