scholarly journals Has the exchange depreciation contributed to exports? The Japanese case

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Yutaka Kurihara

Many people believe that depreciation of exchange rate promotes exports and leads to economic growth. Export-oriented countries sometimes become very nervous about currency appreciation. This study examines whether or not the Japanese yen’s depreciation has increased volume of exports after Abenomics, which flowed a large amount of capital into the domestic markets to boost the economy. The Japanese yen has depreciated according to quantitative easing, however, whether or not the volume of exports has increased is not certain. Empirical results of this study show that there is not a strong relationship between currency depreciation of the yen and Japanese exports. Also, elasticity, the total percentage changes in trade divided by the total percentage changes in exchange rates, is calculated for main international trade partners for Japan. The results are different for each country. The shock on the exchange rate appears and continues after some time passes.

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangfeng Zhang

This paper revisits the association between exchange rates and monetary fundamentals with the focus on both linear and nonlinear approaches. With the monthly data of Euro/US dollar and Japanese yen/US dollar, our linear analysis demonstrates the monetary model is a long-run description of exchange rate movements, and our nonlinear modelling suggests the error correction model describes the short-run adjustment of deviations of exchange rates, and monetary fundamentals are capable of explaining exchange rate dynamics under an unrestricted framework.


2005 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 79-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAK KABOUDAN

Applying genetic programming and artificial neural networks to raw as well as wavelet-transformed exchange rate data showed that genetic programming may have good extended forecasting abilities. Although it is well known that most predictions of exchange rates using many alternative techniques could not deliver better forecasts than the random walk model, in this paper employing natural computational strategies to forecast three different exchange rates produced two extended forecasts (that go beyond one-step-ahead) that are better than naïve random walk predictions. Sixteen-step-ahead forecasts obtained using genetic programming outperformed the one- and sixteen-step-ahead random walk US dollar/Taiwan dollar exchange rate predictions. Further, sixteen-step-ahead forecasts of the wavelet-transformed US dollar/Japanese Yen exchange rate also using genetic programming outperformed the sixteen-step-ahead random walk predictions of the exchange rate. However, random walk predictions of the US dollar/British pound exchange rate outperformed all forecasts obtained using genetic programming. Random walk predictions of the same three exchange rates employing raw and wavelet-transformed data also outperformed all forecasts obtained using artificial neural networks.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idowu Oluwasayo Ayodeji

Several authors have examined the long swings hypothesis in exchange rates using a two-state Markov switching model. This study developed a model to investigate long swings hypothesis in currencies which may exhibit ak-state(k≥2)pattern. The proposed model was then applied to euros, British pounds, Japanese yen, and Nigerian naira. Specification measures such as AIC, BIC, and HIC favoured a three-state pattern in Nigerian naira but a two-state one in the other three currencies. For the period January 2004 to May 2016, empirical results suggested the presence of asymmetric swings in naira and yen and long swings in euros and pounds. In addition, taking0.5as the benchmark for smoothing probabilities, choice models provided a clear reading of the cycle in a manner that is consistent with the realities of the movements in corresponding exchange rate series.


2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 169-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. AUSLOOS ◽  
K. IVANOVA

On 1 January 1999, the European Union introduced a common currency Euro (EUR), to become the legal currency in all eleven countries which form the EUR. In order to test the EUR behavior and understand various features, the EUR exchange rate is artificially extrapolated back to 1993 by a linear superposition of the exchange rates of the 11 currencies composing EUR with respect to several currencies not belonging to the EUR, i.e., Swiss Franc (CHF), Danish Kroner (DKK), British Pound (GBP), Japanese Yen (JPY) and U.S. Dollar (USD) of interest for reasons given in the text. The distribution of fluctuations of the exchange rates is shown to be Gaussian for the central part of the distribution, and having fat tails for the large size fluctuations. Within the Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA) statistical method, we have obtained the power law behavior describing the root-mean-square deviation of the exchange rate fluctuations as a function of time. For the period between January 1995 and January 1999, we have compared the time-dependent exponent of these exchange rate fluctuations for EUR and that of the 11 currencies which form the EUR. The German Mark (DEM) and the French Franc (FRF) have been the currencies primarily leading the fluctuations of the exchange rates, while Italian Lira (ITL) and Portuguese Escudo (PTE) are the less relevant currencies from this point of view. Technical considerations for the EUR implementation are given as conclusions. The cases of exchange rates with DKK appear quite different from the other four major currencies.


2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 141-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongjian E ◽  
Anthony Yanxiang Gu ◽  
Chau-Chen Yang

The exchange-rate behavior of the Chinese yuan (RMB) and the Malaysian ringgit (MYR) indicates that the real exchange rate volatility of both the pegged currency/the anchor currency (the US dollar), and the pegged currency/the non-anchor currencies (Japanese yen and British pound) are lower under the pegged regime. The dynamic behavior of the pegged currencies' real exchange rates is consistent with the anchor currency as the speed of convergence of the Big Mac real exchange rates of the RMB, MYR, and the dollar against the floating currencies are almost identical during the pegged period. This may be due to similar inflation rate movements in the related economies. These results do not support the opinion that China has manipulated the value of its currency.


1998 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 1010-1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronnie J. Phillips ◽  
Harvey Cutler

This article examines one feature of the pre—Federal Reserve financial system that has not been widely researched: the market for bank drafts (the “domestic exchanges”). Though the exchanges existed for nearly a century, critics argued that exchange rate fluctuations exacerbated financial panics. We find, using cointegration analysis over the period from 1899 to 1908, that differences in growth rates across regions caused predictable movements in rates. We conclude that the exchanges promoted efficiency in the payments system. This supports the view that the private sector might have developed a unified national system had the Fed not abolished the exchanges.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-135
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rafi Bakri ◽  
Anastasya Utami

This study aims to examine the effect of bonds, inflation rates, and exchange rates on economic growth to achieve Indonesia's 2030 sustainable development goals, namely reducing government and poverty. This study uses a quantitative regression analysis method with a path analysis approach to determine the direct or indirect effect between variables. The variables used are published values, inflation, exchange rates, economic growth, poverty rates, and poverty in Indonesia in 2016-2020. Based on the path analysis, the coefficient of determination of 60.72% indicates that the diversity of the data of 60.72% can be explained in the model. Government Bonds have a direct and significant effect on the economic growth of -1,243. Government obligations indirectly affect the level of movement and mission of 1,098 and 1,128, respectively. The inflation rate directly affects the rate of economic growth of 0.712. The inflation rate has no direct effect on the movement level and poverty of -0.6294 and -0.6644. The exchange rate has no significant direct or indirect effect on economic growth, movement, and poverty. This study concludes that the government needs to control inflation and inflation so that the economy can be achieved and reduce inflation and poverty. Keywords: Government Bond, Inflation Rate, Exchange Rate, Economic Growth, SDG’s


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Asmawi Hashim ◽  
Norimah Rambeli ◽  
Norasibah Abdul Jalil ◽  
Normala Zulkifli ◽  
Emilda Hashim ◽  
...  

This paper examines empirically the nature of the impact of the exchange rate on import, export and economic growth in Malaysia from 2009 until 2018. The objective of this study is to investigate the long-term and short-term relationship between endogenous and exogenous variables and also to identify the effects of exchange rates on dependent variables including imports, exports and the Gross Domestic Product (DGP) that represent the productivity of the country. This study further focuses on investigating the impact or the role of export in drive the county economic growth. In achieving these objectives, the Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) testing procedure is used to test the presence of unit root. In order to investigate the incidence of long run relationship between the data series, the Johansen Juselius Cointegration Vector is utilized. The Granger Causality in Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) framework is employed to differentiate between short run and long run causal effects in examining the led growth determinants. The result shows that there is causality between exchange rate, import, export and GDP. Moreover, this study shows that exchange rates responded positively to import and export and negatively to GDP. The result further support for export led growth hypothesis in this study. Thus, confirm for the role of export in motivating the economic growth productivity in after World Crisis regime in year 2008. However, Malaysia must not only relay on international trade to generate income for the country. This is because Malaysia is fortunate to have survived the negative effects of the global crisis; the international trade is exposed to exchange rate instability. If Malaysia wants to succeed in international trade, it may be able to focus on food and services trade. As alternative Malaysia may focuses on agriculture sector by improving the research and development and be a champion on food supply for the world.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Nulhanuddin Nulhanuddin ◽  
Devi Andriyani

This study aims to determine the effect of short-term and long-term exchange rates and crumb rubber exports on the economic growth of Indonesia. The data used are secondary data for 39 years from 1980 to 2018 accessed on www.world.bank.wdi.data.bank.org, www.pertanian.go.id, www.bps.go.id, and www.bps.go.id. The data analysis method used is the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach with the help of EViews 10 software. The results show that the economic growth is stationary at the level and exchange rate and exports of stationary crumb rubber at the first difference level and have cointegration in the long-term relationship. The test results in the short-term analysis of the exchange rate have a positive and significant effect, and exports have a positive but insignificant effect on economic growth, while in the long run, the exchange rate has a negative effect but insignificant, and exports have a positive but insignificant effect on the economic growth of Indonesia. Keywords:economic growth, exchange rates, exports and the ARDL approach.  


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