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Predictable Movements in Yen/DM Exchange Rates

By Janet Kong

August 1, 2000

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Janet Kong. Predictable Movements in Yen/DM Exchange Rates, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

This paper examines the relevance of PPP, the adjustment channel of real exchange rate and the predictability of the movement in nominal exchange rate by studying the behavior of yen/DM exchange rate, using cointegration method. Results support PPP and find that the real exchange rate is mean-reverting. The change in the nominal exchange rate exhibits significant auto-regressive property. These findings imply that movements in the nominal yen/DM exchange rate is actually predictable. The error-correction model and a simple first order autoregressive model both outperform the random walk model in out-of-sample forecasting.

Subject: Exchange rates, Export price indexes, Foreign exchange, Prices, Purchasing power parity, Real exchange rates, Wholesale price indexes

Keywords: Auto regression, Deutsche mark, Exchange rate, Exchange rate forecast, Exchange rates, Exchange-rate movement, Export price index, Export price indexes, Long-run PPP, Market PPP hypothesis, PPP, PPP exchange rate, Purchasing power parity, Real exchange rates, Wholesale price indexes, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    36

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2000/143

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1432000

  • ISBN:

    9781451856330

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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