scholarly journals Pengaruh Perubahan Nilai Tukar Rupiah Terhadap Neraca Transaksi Berjalan Indonesia, Periode 1990.I – 2004.II (Kasus Indonesia - Amerika Serikat)

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arintoko Arintoko ◽  
Faried Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Real Exchange Rate ◽  
Current Account ◽  
Theoretical Explanation ◽  
Rate Change ◽  
Exchange Rate Change ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Real Gdp ◽  
J Curve ◽  
Curve Theory

This research investigates the effects of exchange rate change on the relative current account and real GDP in Indonesia to US. This research provides time series evidence for the period of first quarter of 1990 to second quarter of 2004 under flexibel exchange rate regimes. The analysis is based on a J-Curve theory. First, this research employs unit root, cointegration and Granger causality tests and summarizes the relationships between real exchange rate, the current account, and real GDP. Second, the standard theoretical explanation of the JCurve effect is used to motivate a vector autoregression(VAR) and error correction mechanism(ECM) analysis of real exchange rate change on the relative current account, and real GDP for Indonesia to US. This research finds weak evidence of a J-Curve for the Indonesia current account, in fact these empirical results reject the J-Curve hypothesis. The empirical study finds little evidence that a currency depreciation causes a current account deficits in the short run in Indonesia-US bilateral data and no evidence of a reliable long run effect of exchange rate change on the current account. Interestingly, empirical results show that these evidence are not consistent with the standard theoretical explanation of the J-Curve. Consequently, these empirical results pose a strong challenge for international economic theory and policy.Keywords: exchange rate change, current account, real GDP, and J-Curve theory

scholarly journals Determinants and Causality of Current Account Balance and Foreign Direct Investment: Lower Middle Income Countries in ASEAN

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasdi Aimon ◽  
Anggi Putri Kurniadi ◽  
Sri Ulfa Sentosa
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Real Exchange Rate ◽  
Current Account ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Current Account Balance ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Real Gdp ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment Determinants

This study investigates the determinants and causality between current account balance and foreign direct investment in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in lower middle income countries. This study uses time series from 2000-2017 and cross section of 6 countries, namely Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Lao, Myanmar and Cambodia, which were analyzed using simultaneous equation model approach. There are three important findings in this study. First, current account balance is positively affected by financial development, government expenditure, real GDP and real exchange rate, while negatively affected by foreign direct investment. Second, foreign direct investment is positively affected by real GDP, real exchange rate, economic openness and current account balance, while negatively affected by inflation. Third, there is a causal relationship between current account balance and foreign direct investment, which the two variables significantly influence each other. Therefore, it is highly recommended for lower middle income countries in ASEAN to intervene in macroeconomic policy variables, so that the deficit conditions for current account balance and foreign direct investment can be reduced in the lower middle income countries in ASEAN. Keywords: current account balance, foreign direct investment, determinants, causality, lower middle income countries, ASEAN.

Monetary Policy and Global Imbalances

2007 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Barrell ◽  
Ian Hurst
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Current Account ◽  
First Year ◽  
Sustained Improvement ◽  
J Curve ◽  
The Us ◽  
Curve Effect ◽  
Noticeable Improvement ◽  
The Current Account

The US current account imbalance has stayed stubbornly high despite the fall in the dollar that we have seen since the beginning of 2003. The exchange rate has fallen by around 15 per cent on average, mainly between the first quarter of 2003 and the first quarter of 2005. As we can see from figure 1, the fall has come in three steps, and each time it fell we might have expected an initial worsening of the current account for a year or so as prices change in advance of quantities (the J curve effect of the first year textbook). Hence we might have expected no sustained improvement until at least a year after the last downward step towards the end of 2004. However, as we can see from figure 2, there is no noticeable improvement in the current account during 2006, suggesting that domestic absorption was rising. At the same time inflation in the US was gradually drifting up under pressure from the weakening exchange rate.

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