Hossein Bastanzad; Pedram Davodi
Abstract
Real exchange rate deviations should be consistent with behavior of fundamental indicators including terms of trade, openness, government size, the ratio of domestic to trading partners’ productivity, and net foreign direct investment. The aim of this paper is to study the response of exchange ...
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Real exchange rate deviations should be consistent with behavior of fundamental indicators including terms of trade, openness, government size, the ratio of domestic to trading partners’ productivity, and net foreign direct investment. The aim of this paper is to study the response of exchange rate to structural variables and its consistency with economics theory.Our estimation of a vector auto regression (VAR) model which relied on seasonal data during 1990-2015 underscores that real exchange rate (RER) is significantly depreciated with regard to the long run trend, while simultaneously and in contrast with theoretical basis, non-oil trade deficit widened, government size increased, and terms of trade improved due to higher international oil price. The accelerating gap between actual and long run trend of RER augments the unsustainability of balance of payments and foreign exchange market vulnerability against probable shocks. Foreign exchange forward market is constructed in practice to monitor demand composition in general and the share of speculative transaction in particular to increase information capacity of policy-makers to achieve the goal of financial stability and external sustainability in one hand as well as evaluating the Central Bank intervention capability on the other hand.
