Natural Hedging of Exchange Rate Risk: The Role of Imported Input Prices

In this paper, we estimate ERPT into imported input prices and export prices using disaggregated quarterly trade data for Switzerland over 2004–2011. We find evidence for high pass-through rates into imported input prices. This demonstrates the effectiveness of natural hedging. On the export side, ERPT exhibits substantial sectoral heterogeneity and changes in imported input costs are not transmitted to foreign consumers in most cases. This suggests the use of cheaper imported inputs to offset adverse effects of currency appreciation on export profit margins.

"Hedging" in the futures market,

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Hedging for flour millers.

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Analysis of hedging and other operations in wool and wool top futures /

"Up-dates a similar report, Price risks for wool and wool products, and means of reducing them, based on data for the 8 years 1947-54, and published in 1957, as U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Technical bulletin no.1163."

Treatment of hedging in commodity market regulation /

Issued Apr. 1976.