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The continuing strength of the dollar has fueled interest in the relationship between productivity and exchange rates …. An analysis of the link between the dollar's movements and productivity developments in the United States, Japan, and the … euro area suggests that productivity can account for much of the change in the external value of the dollar over the past …
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This paper analyzes the impact of exchange rate fluctuations when they are only partially passed through to consumer prices. We show that an exchange rate depreciation does not necessarily have a beggar-thy-neighbor effect and may in fact have an opposite, or beggar-thyself, effect. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014142358
A growing body of research emphasizes the direct impact of exchange rate movements on the value of U.S. foreign assets. Because a substantial amount of U.S. assets are denominated in foreign currencies, a depreciation of the dollar leads to large capital gains. First, we present a detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003179750
A growing body of research emphasizes the direct impact of exchange rate movements on the value of U.S. foreign assets. Because a substantial amount of U.S. assets are denominated in foreign currencies, a depreciation of the dollar leads to large capital gains. First, we present a detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061532
This paper analyzes the impact of exchange rate fluctuations when they are only partially passed through to consumer prices. We show that an exchange rate depreciation does not necessarily have a beggar-thy-neighbor effect and may in fact have an opposite, or beggar-thyself, effect. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055579
The paper studies the differential impact of exchange rate fluctuations on households in a country. I extend earlier research by relaxing the assumption of complete international sectoral specialization. My setup allows for the presence of several different sectors in a given country, each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014056746
The paper explores the optimal monetary policy reaction to productivity shocks in an open economy. Whereas earlier …
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emerging and advanced economies. We assess the impact of appreciations, productivity booms and capital inflows surges using a … propensity-score matching approach to address causality issues. We show that appreciations associated with higher productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348280
emerging and advanced economies. We assess the impact of appreciations, productivity booms and capital flow surges using a … propensity-score matching approach to address causality issues. We show that appreciations associated with higher productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338713
The U.S. dollar plays a key role in international trade invoicing along two complementary dimensions. First, most U.S. exports and imports are invoiced in dollars; second, trade flows that do not involve the United States are often invoiced in dollars, a fact that has received relatively little...
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