Exchange rate fluctuations and the financial channel in emerging economies
Beckmann, Joscha; Comunale, Mariarosaria (30.08.2021)
Numero
11/2021Julkaisija
Bank of Finland
2021
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:bof-202108301411Tiivistelmä
This paper assesses the financial channel of exchange rate fluctuations for emerging countries and the link to the conventional trade channel. We analyze whether the effective exchange rate affects GDP growth, the domestic credit and the global liquidity measure as the credit in foreign currencies, and how global liquidity affects GDP growth. We make use of local projections in order to look at the shocks’ transmission covering 11 emerging market countries for the period 2000Q1–2016Q3. We find that foreign denominated credit plays an important macroeconomic role, operating through various transmission channels. The direction of effects depends on country characteristics and is also related to the policy stance among countries. We find that domestic appreciations increase demand regarding foreign credit, implying positive effects on investment and GDP growth. However, this is valid only in the short-run; in the medium-long run, an increase of credit denominated in foreign currency (for instance, due to apeiation) decreases GDP. The financial channel works mostly in the short run except for Brazil, Malaysia, and Mexico, where the trade channel always dominates. Possibly there is a substitution effect between domestic and foreign credit in the case of shocks in exchange rate.
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Contents
Abstract ...... 4
1 Introduction ....... 5
2 Data description...... 7
2.1 Measuring foreign currency exposure..... 7
2.2 Our dataset...... 8
3 Empirical framework....... 9
4 Results ...... 11
4.1 Stylized facts and descriptive evidence....... 11
4.2 Results from local projections....... 14
4.2.1 How effective exchange rates affect GDP growth and credit ....... 14
4.2.2 How global liquidity impacts GDP growth ...... 21
4.3 Robustness checks....... 24
4.3.1 Comparison with BVAR results ...... 28
5 Conclusions....... 29
References ....... 31
Appendix – Tables and figures..... 35
Abstract ...... 4
1 Introduction ....... 5
2 Data description...... 7
2.1 Measuring foreign currency exposure..... 7
2.2 Our dataset...... 8
3 Empirical framework....... 9
4 Results ...... 11
4.1 Stylized facts and descriptive evidence....... 11
4.2 Results from local projections....... 14
4.2.1 How effective exchange rates affect GDP growth and credit ....... 14
4.2.2 How global liquidity impacts GDP growth ...... 21
4.3 Robustness checks....... 24
4.3.1 Comparison with BVAR results ...... 28
5 Conclusions....... 29
References ....... 31
Appendix – Tables and figures..... 35