The Effect of Nominal Exchange Rate Volatility on Real Macroeconomic Performance in the CEE Countries

Posted: 12 Mar 2012

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Olga Arratibel

European Central Bank (ECB)

Davide Furceri

University of Palermo; Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

Reiner Martin

National Bank of Slovakia

Aleksandra Zdzienicka

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Date Written: March 12, 2012

Abstract

This paper analyzes the relation between nominal exchange rate volatility and several macroeconomic variables, namely real output growth, excess credit, foreign direct investment (FDI) and the current account balance, in the Central and Eastern European EU member states. Using panel estimations for the period between 1995 and 2008, we find that lower exchange rate volatility is associated with higher growth, higher stocks of FDI, higher current account deficits, and higher excess credit. At the same time, the recent evidence seems to suggest that following the global financial crisis, “hard peg” countries may have experienced a more severe adjustment process than “floaters”. The results are economically and statistically significant and robust.

Keywords: EU, Exchange rate volatility, Growth, FDI, Credit, Current account

JEL Classification: F3, F4, F5

Suggested Citation

Arratibel, Olga and Furceri, Davide and Martin, Reiner and Zdzienicka, Aleksandra, The Effect of Nominal Exchange Rate Volatility on Real Macroeconomic Performance in the CEE Countries (March 12, 2012). Economic Systems, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2020263

Olga Arratibel

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Aleksandra Zdzienicka

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