Logo image
Short-Term Interest Rates, Price Expectations, and Exchange Rate Movements
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Short-Term Interest Rates, Price Expectations, and Exchange Rate Movements

RBER, review of business and economic research, v 19(1), pp 26-37
01 Oct 1983

Abstract

Economic theory Effects Expectations Foreign exchange rates Interest rates Models Short term Studies
A monetary model of exchange rate determination is constructed and tested in an attempt to explain the paradoxical relationship between the exchange rate and the short-term interest rate differential. The model identifies the 2 components of the influence of the short-term interest rate differential on the exchange rate: a short-run inflation expectation component and a portfolio component. Monthly data for the period 1975-1979 are used to estimate the exchange rate movements in the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, with the US acting as the reference country. Empirical tests confirm the main propositions of the monetary approach to exchange rate determination: 1. A relative increase in the money supply will cause currency depreciation. 2. A relative rise in real income will lead to currency appreciation. 3. A relative rise in the long-term interest rate differential will cause currency depreciation. Canada is the sole exception to this proposition.

Metrics

1 Record Views

Details

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

#8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
#17 Partnerships for the Goals

Source: SDGs in the Output

InCites Highlights

Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:

Web of Science research areas
Business, Finance
Economics
Logo image