The Level REER model in the External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology

By Rui Mano, Carolina Osorio Buitron, Luca A Ricci, Mauricio Vargas

September 13, 2019

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Rui Mano, Carolina Osorio Buitron, Luca A Ricci, and Mauricio Vargas. The Level REER model in the External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed December 22, 2024

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Summary

This paper offers an empirical model of the drivers of the level of the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) that is now part of the IMF’s methodology for the assessment of external positions, including exchange rates. It constructs a measure of the level of the REER and it offers a panel regression that considers a large number of cross-sectional and time varying factors, guided by the extensive literature. Its main contribution is to enhance our understanding of the cross-sectional determinants of the level of the REER, while taking into account the time-series drivers. The framework accounts for the much larger cross-sectional variation of the level REER, and can better explain the time series variation of level REER when these are based on GDP-deflators rather than on consumer price indices. The latter suggest there may be merits to broadening the assessments to include such measures, although further analysis is required.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital account, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Real effective exchange rates, Real interest rates

Keywords: Author, Capital account, Comment, Elicit comment, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Express in IMF, GDP deflator, Global, IMF working papers, Level REER, Real effective exchange rates, Real interest rates, Research, TRD PRT, Working paper, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

40
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Working Paper No. 2019/192
Stock No:

WPIEA2019192
ISBN:

9781513511023
ISSN:

1018-5941

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