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Primary question: Under what circumstances does devaluation improve the trade balance ( TB )?

LECTURE 1: DEVALUATION & THE TRADE BALANCE. Primary question: Under what circumstances does devaluation improve the trade balance ( TB )?

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Primary question: Under what circumstances does devaluation improve the trade balance ( TB )?

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  1. LECTURE 1: DEVALUATION & THE TRADE BALANCE Primary question:Under what circumstances does devaluation improve the trade balance (TB)? Secondary question:If the currency floats (i.e., no foreign exchange intervention by the central bank), how much must the exchange rate (E) change to clear TB by itself (i.e., if no offsetting capital flows)? Model: Elasticities Approach Keyderivation: Marshall-Lerner Condition

  2. GOODS MARKET PRICING IN OPEN-ECONOMY MODELS: ALTERNATIVE ASSUMPTIONS

  3. GOODS MARKET PRICING IN OPEN-ECONOMY MODELS: ALTERNATIVE ASSUMPTIONS(continued)

  4. GOODS MARKET PRICING IN OPEN-ECONOMY MODELS: ALTERNATIVE ASSUMPTIONS(continued)

  5. The Marshall-Lerner Condition:Under what conditionsdoes devaluation improve the trade balance? • We can express the trade balance either in terms of foreign currency: TB*, • e.g., if we are interested in determining the net supply of foreign exchange in the fx market (balance of payments) • Or in terms of domestic currency: TB • e.g., if we are interested in net exports as a component of GDP ≡ C+I+G+(TB). • We will focus on TB* here, and on TB in Prob. Set 1.

  6. How the Exchange Rate, E, Influences BoP • No capital flowsor transfers=> BoP = TB • Supply of fx determined by EXPORT earnings • Demand for fx determined by IMPORT spending 2) PCP: Price in termsof producer’s currency;Supply elasticity = ∞ . => Domestic firms set . & Foreign firms set . 3) Complete exchange rate passthrough: Price of X in foreign currency = / E Price of Imports in domesticcurrency=E 4) Demand: a decreasing function of pricein consumer’s currency => M = MD (E ) . => X = XD ( / E ) . => Net supply of fx = TB expressed in foreigncurrency ≡ TB* = ( /E) XD( /E) - ( ) MD(E) .

  7. Derivationof theMarshall-Lerner Condition TB* = (1/E) XD(E) – MD(E) Differentiate: Multiply by E2/X. This quantity > 0 iff Define elasticities: The condition becomes: .

  8. Assume for simplicity we start from an initial position of balanced trade: EM=X. Then the inequality reduces to This is the Marshall Lerner condition. If the initial position is trade deficit (or surplus),then the necessary condition for dTB*/dE > 0 will bea bit easier (or harder) for the elasticities to meet .

  9. Do devaluations improve the trade balance in practice? • A few historical examples • Italy 1992-93 • Mexico 1994-95 • Korea 1997-98 • Poland 2009 • The J-curve and Econometric estimation of elasticities (in Lecture 2)

  10. ) ERM crisis & devaluation

  11. Through a combination of devaluation and expenditure-reduction, Mexico in 1995 and Korea in 1998 managed to convert large trade deficits quickly to large trade surpluses.

  12. The Polish exchange rate increased by 35% when GFC hit. Depreciation boosted netexports; contributiontoGDPgrowth >100%. Zloty / € Contribution of NetX to GDP: 2009: 2,5 3,4 3,2 3,4 > GDP growth rate:1,7

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