Some Evidenceon Exchange Rate Determination in Major Industrial Countries

August 1, 1997

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Yan M Sun, and R. B. Johnston Some Evidenceon Exchange Rate Determination in Major Industrial Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1997) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

This paper examines the role of long-run monetary and cyclical factors in determining exchange rate movements. Results of empirical study using a data set that includes Canada, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States support the view that exchange rate movements can be explained by the efficient or rational adjustment of foreign exchange markets to economic fundamentals. In the long run, the exchange rate is determined consistent with a monetary approach to exchange rates, while cyclical factors have an impact on short-run exchange rate dynamics. Estimated equations outperform random walk models of exchange rates.

Subject: Balance of payments, Currency markets, Current account balance, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Financial markets, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Prices

Keywords: Currency markets, Current account balance, Excess demand, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rate movement, Exchange rates, Inferring exchange rate misalignment, Inflation, Single-equation estimate, U.S. dollar exchange rate, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

38
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 1997/098
Stock No:

WPIEA0981997
ISBN:

9781451852103
ISSN:

1018-5941

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