scholarly journals Consumption Risk-Sharing and the Real Exchange Rate: Why does the Nominal Exchange Rate Make Such a Difference?

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Devereux ◽  
Viktoria Hnatkovska
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Real Exchange Rate ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Nominal Exchange Rate ◽  
The Real ◽  
Consumption Risk

Properties of the fundamental equilibrium exchange rate in the Treasury model

1999 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith B. Church
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Real Exchange Rate ◽  
Nominal Exchange Rate ◽  
Equilibrium Exchange Rate ◽  
Natural Rate ◽  
The Real ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Equilibrium Exchange ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rate

This article calculates the equilibrium real exchange rate for the UK economy. The long-run trade and supply side relationships from HM Treasury's model are used to estimate the level of the real exchange rate consistent with the UK economy growing at its ‘natural’ rate while achieving a sustainable current account position. The model shows that the real exchange rate associated with macroeconomic equilibrium lies well below the actual rate for most of the 1990s. This result has important implications for possible UK participation in the single European currency as, once the nominal exchange rate is fixed, overvaluation can only be corrected by holding UK inflation lower than that elsewhere. Achieving this may be costly in terms of jobs and output.

scholarly journals DETERMINANTS OF REAL EXCHANGE RATE IN ETHIOPIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 183-210
Author(s):  
Nandeeswara Rao ◽  
TassewDufera Tolcha
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Real Exchange Rate ◽  
Impulse Response ◽  
Variance Decomposition ◽  
Capital Inflow ◽  
Terms Of Trade ◽  
Nominal Exchange Rate ◽  
The Real ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run

Real exchange rate has direct effects on trade particularly on international trade and has indirect effects on productions and employments, so it is crucial to understand the factors which determine its variations. This study analyses the main determinants of the real exchange rate and the dynamic adjustment of the real exchange rate following shocks to those determinants using yearly Ethiopian time series data covering the period 1971 to 2010. It begins with a review of literatures on Exchange rate, real exchange rate, determinants of the real exchange rate and provides an updated background on the exchange rate system in Ethiopia. An empirical model linking the real exchange rate to its theoretical determinants is then specified. This study had employed the cointegration and vector autoregression (VAR) analysis with impulse response and variance decomposition analyses to provide robust long run effects and short run dynamic effects on the real exchange rate. Share of investment, foreign exchange reserve, capital inflow and government consumption of non-tradable goods were the variable that have been found to have a long run relationship with the real exchange rate. The estimate of the speed of adjustment coefficient found in this study indicates that about a third of the variation in the real exchange rate from its equilibrium level is corrected within a year. The regression result of VECM reveals that terms of trade, nominal exchange rate, and one period lag of capital flow were the variables significantly affects the real exchange rate in the short run. However, the impulse response and variance decomposition analysis shows a better picture of the short run dynamics. The their analysis provided evidence that the Shocks to terms of trade, nominal exchange rate, capital inflow and share of investment have persistent effects on the real exchange rate in the short run. In general the regression results of both long run and short run models mostly suggest that the fluctuations of real exchange rates are predominantly responses to monetary policies shocks rather than fiscal policy shocks.

Purchasing Power Parity and Real Exchange Rates

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menzie D. Chinn
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Real Exchange Rate ◽  
Purchasing Power Parity ◽  
Time Horizon ◽  
Nominal Exchange Rate ◽  
Purchasing Power ◽  
Power Parity ◽  
The Real ◽  
Short Run

The idea that prices and exchange rates adjust so as to equalize the common-currency price of identical bundles of goods—purchasing power parity (PPP)—is a topic of central importance in international finance. If PPP holds continuously, then nominal exchange rate changes do not influence trade flows. If PPP does not hold in the short run, but does in the long run, then monetary factors can affect the real exchange rate only temporarily. Substantial evidence has accumulated—with the advent of new statistical tests, alternative data sets, and longer spans of data—that purchasing power parity does not typically hold in the short run. One reason why PPP doesn’t hold in the short run might be due to sticky prices, in combination with other factors, such as trade barriers. The evidence is mixed for the longer run. Variations in the real exchange rate in the longer run can also be driven by shocks to demand, arising from changes in government spending, the terms of trade, as well as wealth and debt stocks. At time horizon of decades, trend movements in the real exchange rate—that is, systematically trending deviations in PPP—could be due to the presence of nontraded goods, combined with real factors such as differentials in productivity growth. The well-known positive association between the price level and income levels—also known as the “Penn Effect”—is consistent with this channel. Whether PPP holds then depends on the time period, the time horizon, and the currencies examined.

scholarly journals Government Budget Deficits and Exchange Rate Determination: Evidence from Pakistan

1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (4II) ◽  
pp. 871-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadeem A. Burney ◽  
Naeem Akjitar
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Real Exchange Rate ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Nominal Exchange Rate ◽  
Relative Price ◽  
Budget Deficits ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Impact

It is now generally accepted that the real exchange rate is a key relative price in an econom/ Changes in the real exchange rate influence foreign trade flows, balance of payments, the structure and level of production, allocation of resources, etc. While the real exchange rate is an endogenous variable that responds to both exogenous as well as policy-induced shocks, the nominal exchange rate is usually taken as a policy instrument. The two rates, however, are found to be related to each other. 2 For effective policy-making, it is imperative to have some idea about different factors that influence the real exchange rate. Equally important is the knowledge of the manner in which the real exchange rate responds to changes in the exogenous variables. While there is a general consensus that the impact of various exogenous shocks on the exchange rate is transmitted through four broad channels, namely, (i) absolute prices, (ii) relative prices, (iii) income, and (iv) interest rates, the relative importance of each of these channels is found to vary across countries. In general, it depends on the degree of openness of the economy and the relative effectiveness of the fiscal and the monetary sectors within a country.

scholarly journals The Impact Of Exchange Rate Pass-Through On Serbian Export Competitiveness

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-214
Author(s):  
Ivan Marković ◽  
Milan Marković
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Real Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Nominal Exchange Rate ◽  
National Currency ◽  
The Real ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Exchange Rate Pass Through ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The permanent existence of inflation in Serbia adversely affects achievement of macroeconomic stability. Its effects are reflected in a decrease in the real exchange rate, low price competitiveness of exports and deterioration in the balance of payments. The real exchange rate is an instrument which shows that in conditions of faster growth rate in a country than abroad, the domestic economy can't be competitive in the international market. Implementation of appropriate exchange rate regime inevitably leads to problems of exchange rate changes on import prices and inflation. The research aims to demonstrate the interdependence of inflation and depreciation, and the fact that the general price level increase is a main factor that hinders the realization of the positive effects of the national currency depreciation. Unstable monetary situation in the country undermines the goal of stimulating exports through an increase in the nominal exchange rate and by reducing export prices in foreign currency. Export becomes uncompetitive, while the depreciation of the national currency is quickly spread to inflation through the exchange rate pass-through.

scholarly journals Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on Economic Growth: Evidence from West African Monetary Zone

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 508-535
Author(s):  
Pabai Fofanah
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Real Exchange Rate ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Exchange Rate Volatility ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Nominal Exchange Rate ◽  
Random Effects Models ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
The Real

Abstract: This study examined the effects of exchange rate volatility on economic growth in four WAMZ countries. The study uses the pooled ordinary least squares, fixed effects and random effects models, and obtains a robust standard error estimate of the model by applying xtreg, cluster()fe. The empirical analysis shows that the effects of exchange rate volatility on economic growth is insignificant. The results also show a positive correlation between exports and economic growth. This implies that policies aimed at increasing exports through an appropriate exchange rate may be beneficial countries. In addition, the analysis also shows a positive and significant link between imports and economic growth rates. Therefore, this confirms that the countries actually benefit  from imports resulting from the competitive pressure generated by the import of consumer goods and  professional knowledge, and also from the transfer of technology embodied in the import of goods by producers. Hence, the policy of removing import barriers will benefit the countries. In addition, the results show that there is a positive correlation between the nominal exchange rate and economic growth rate. Therefore, it shows that the nominal exchange rate depreciation policy can play an important role in improving the economic growth of the countries. However, the research results show that there is an inverse relationship between the real exchange rate and economic growth. Considering the importance of the real exchange rate, this study suggests the introduction of a common currency in the WAMZ to reduce the negative effects of the real exchange rate on economic growth.

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