Sources of Nominal Exchange Rate Fluctuations in South Africa / / Jan Gottschalk, Ashok Bhundia

• Autore: Gottschalk Jan
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (25 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Foreign exchange rates - South Africa; Monetary policy - South Africa; Monetary policy - United States; Interest rates - South Africa; Foreign Exchange; Investments: General; Open Economy Macroeconomics; Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity; Currency; Foreign exchange; Macroeconomics; Depreciation; Real exchange rates; Exchange rates; Nominal effective exchange rate; Exchange rate adjustments; National accounts; Saving and investment
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Economic policy; South Africa
• Altri autori: BhundiaAshok
• Note generali: Cover title.; "December 2003"--Caption.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE MYBURGH COMMISSION REPORT""; ""III. FRAMEWORK""; ""IV. IMPULSE RESPONSE ANALYSIS""; ""V. SOURCES OF THE DEPRECIATION OF THE RAND IN 2001""; ""VI. IDENTIFYING THE NOMINAL DISTURBANCES CAUSING THE DEPRECIATION""; ""VII. CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX""; ""REFERENCES""
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper investigates the sources of fluctuations in the rand-U.S. dollar exchange rate in 2001 and 2002 using an empirical exchange rate model which identifies aggregate supply, aggregate demand, and nominal disturbances as possible sources for exchange rate fluctuations. According to our results, nominal disturbances explain by far most of the rand depreciation in the final quarter of 2001. The fact that the nominal effective exchange rate also depreciated sharply suggests the nominal disturbances were domestically generated. From a preliminary examination of the relative movements in policy interest rates in South Africa and the United States, along with growth rates in both narrow and broad monetary aggregates in South Africa, it is difficult to isolate the underlying cause of the nominal disturbances in 2001 and 2002. Clearly, the task remains a challenging one with the empirical tools available.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sources of Nominal Exchange Rate Fluctuations in South Africa
• ISBN: 1-4623-2947-0; 1-4527-9139-2; 1-283-56552-8; 9786613877970; 1-4519-2053-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815599903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2003/252