The importance of nontradable goods' prices in cyclical real exchange rate fluctuations

Ariel Burstein, Martin Eichenbaum*, Sergio Rebelo

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Changes in the price of nontradable goods relative to tradable goods account for roughly 50 percent of the cyclical movements in real exchange rates.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)247-253
Number of pages7
JournalJapan and the World Economy
Volume18
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2006

Keywords

  • Consumer price index
  • Producer price index
  • Real exchange rate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations

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