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Real Exchange Rate Volatility and the Price of Nontradables in Sudden-Stop-Prone Economies
Mendoza, Enrique G. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper shows that the dominant view that the high variability of real exchange rates is due to movements in exchange rate-adjusted prices of tradable goods does not hold for Mexican data for periods with a managed exchange rate. The relative price of nontradables accounts for up to 70...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264110
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The External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology
Phillips, Steven; Catão, Luis; Ricci, Luca Antonio; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
The External Balance Assessment (EBA) methodology has been developed by the IMF’s Research Department as a successor to the CGER methodology for assessing current accounts and exchange rates in a multilaterally consistent manner. Compared to other approaches, EBA emphasizes distinguishing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142197
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Exchange Rates in the Periphery and International Adjustment Under the Gold Standard
Catão, Luis; Solomou, Solomos - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
builds a new dataset on trade-weighed exchange rates for the period 1870-1913 and finds that large currency movements in … exchange rates worldwide. We relate the phenomenon to the international trade structure at the time and show that such currency … fluctuations had powerful effects on trade flows. We conclude that nominal exchange rate flexibility in the periphery was an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769107