Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2015
Abstract
This paper examines the effect of aggregate demand elasticity on the exchange rate when inflation occurs. We discover that both the source of the inflation, whether demand-pull or cost-push, and the elasticity of aggregate demand with respect to the price level, are of consequence for the exchange rate. We obtain two primary conclusions. First, the effect on the exchange rate of cost push inflation is ambiguous and is partially determined by the price level elasticity of aggregate demand. In particular, and assuming that the two examined countries have equivalent aggregate supply elasticities, we conclude that the nation with the less elastic aggregate demand function will see its currency appreciate relative to the other. Second, demand-pull inflation results in an unambiguous increase in the exchange rate but the size of that increase is partially a function of aggregate demand elasticity. Assuming again that two countries have equivalent aggregate supply elasticities, that country with the more elastic aggregate demand will experience currency appreciation.
DOI
10.1007/s11294-015-9544-x
Publication Information
Kyer, Ben L. and Maggs, Gary E. (2015). "Inflation and the Exchange Rate: The Role of Aggregate Demand Elasticity." International Advances in Economic Research 22.1, 1-9.
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Comments
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11294-015-9544-x