Real Exchange Rates for the Year 2000

Driver Rebecca Wren-Lewis Simon

ISBN 10: 0881322539 / ISBN 13: 9780881322538

Published by Peterson Institute for International Economics, 1998

pp. 167. Seller Inventory # 4687958

Synopsis:

Countries that entered the European Monetary Union had to do so at exchange rates that are close to equilibrium levels. So when are exchange rates at equilibrium levels? Real Exchange Rates for the Year 2000 discusses the fundamental equilibrium exchange rate (FEER) method and estimates FEERS for the G7 countries for 1995 and 2000. There have been large swings in all G7 currencies in the last five years, and in these circumstances, the markets and policymakers need better guides to the sustainable levels of these currencies.

The authors estimate equilibrium real exchange rates using a partial-equilibrium model based on econometric trade equations, assumptions of trend output, and estimates of the medium-run current account. They emphasize that the FEER is a medium-run construct and contrast it with the purchasing price parity (PPP) method of determining rates. The authors discuss the links between the FEER and fiscal policy and the extent to which the FEER is a normative concept. They conclude with sensitivity analysis for changes in current account and trend GDP assumptions.

About the Author:

Simon Wren-Lewis is a British economist. He is a professor at Oxford University and a Fellow of Merton College.

Rebecca Driver was a specialist contractor at the Bank of England.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Real Exchange Rates for the Year 2000
Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New