Barbone Gonzalez, RodrigoKhametshin, DmitryPeydró, José-LuisPolo, AndreaUniversitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa2024-11-142024-11-142018-10-01http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44715We show that FX interventions attenuate global financial cycle (GFC)'s spillovers. We exploit GFC shocks and Brazilian central bank interventions in FX derivatives using three matched administrative registers: credit, foreign credit to banks, and employer-employee. After U.S. Taper Tantrum (followed by Emerging Markets FX turbulence), Brazilian banks with more foreign debt cut credit supply, thereby reducing firm-level employment. A subsequent large policy intervention supplying derivatives against FX risks-hedger of last resort-halves the negative effects. A 2008-2015 panel exploiting GFC shocks and FX interventions confirms these results and the hedging channel. However, the policy entails fiscal and moral hazard costs.application/pdfengL'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative CommonsHedger of last resort: Evidence from Brazilian FX interventions, local credit, and global financial cyclesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperforeign exchangemonetary policycentral bankbank credithedgingFinance and AccountingMacroeconomics and International EconomicsLabour, Public, Development and Health Economicsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess