Asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of Mexico

This paper applies a nonlinear Autoregressive Distribute Lag to examine the exchange rate pass-through into consumer price inflation in Mexico. Overall, the evidence confirmed that ignoring the asymmetric (sign) effect of exchange rate movements on inflation may lead to incorrect inferences and poli...

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Main Authors: Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Fagir Omer, Abdalla Sirag, Siew, Voon Soon
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017
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author Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi
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Siew, Voon Soon
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description This paper applies a nonlinear Autoregressive Distribute Lag to examine the exchange rate pass-through into consumer price inflation in Mexico. Overall, the evidence confirmed that ignoring the asymmetric (sign) effect of exchange rate movements on inflation may lead to incorrect inferences and policy conclusions. Exchange rate fluctuation is transferred to prices level more during currency depreciation than appreciation. We compare the macroeconomic performances between pre- and post-inflation targeting, and our findings reaffirmed that the pass-through has weakened significantly after launching inflation targeting in 2001. This result implies that low inflation in the sample period examined is good for Mexico because exchange rate pass-through declines after 2001. Consumer prices have become less responsive to exchange rate movements. We further observe a revival (strengthening) of oil price pass-through to domestic inflation in the post- inflation targeting period.
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spelling upm-609662019-05-14T02:55:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60966/ Asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of Mexico Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi Fagir Omer, Abdalla Sirag Siew, Voon Soon This paper applies a nonlinear Autoregressive Distribute Lag to examine the exchange rate pass-through into consumer price inflation in Mexico. Overall, the evidence confirmed that ignoring the asymmetric (sign) effect of exchange rate movements on inflation may lead to incorrect inferences and policy conclusions. Exchange rate fluctuation is transferred to prices level more during currency depreciation than appreciation. We compare the macroeconomic performances between pre- and post-inflation targeting, and our findings reaffirmed that the pass-through has weakened significantly after launching inflation targeting in 2001. This result implies that low inflation in the sample period examined is good for Mexico because exchange rate pass-through declines after 2001. Consumer prices have become less responsive to exchange rate movements. We further observe a revival (strengthening) of oil price pass-through to domestic inflation in the post- inflation targeting period. Elsevier 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60966/1/Asymmetric%20exchange%20rate%20pass-through%20in%20an%20emerging%20market%20economy%20the%20case%20of%20Mexico.pdf Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi and Fagir Omer, Abdalla Sirag and Siew, Voon Soon (2017) Asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of Mexico. Research in International Business and Finance, 41. 245 - 257. ISSN 0275-5319; ESSN: 1878-3384 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0275531917301551 10.1016/j.ribaf.2017.04.034
spellingShingle Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi
Fagir Omer, Abdalla Sirag
Siew, Voon Soon
Asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of Mexico
title Asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of Mexico
title_full Asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of Mexico
title_fullStr Asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of Mexico
title_short Asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of Mexico
title_sort asymmetric exchange rate pass-through in an emerging market economy: the case of mexico
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