The Undisclosed Renminbi Basket: Are the Markets Telling Us Something About Where the Renminbi-US Dollar Exchange Rate is Going?

24 Pages Posted: 10 Apr 2008

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Michael Funke

University of Hamburg - Department of Economics; Tallinn University of Technology (TUT)

Marc Gronwald

University of Aberdeen; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Date Written: April 2008

Abstract

On 21 July 2005 China adopted an undisclosed basket exchange rate regime. We formally assess and envisage the gradual evolution of the renminbi over time. We utilize nonlinear dependencies in the renminbi exchange rate and describe the smooth transition of the renminbi/U.S. dollar (RMB/USD) exchange rate using the family of time-varying autoregressive (TV-AR) models. Specifically, the nonlinear models allow for a smooth transition from one optimal level to another. Our estimation results imply that the RMB/USD exchange rate will likely be about 7.10 RMB/USD in summer/autumn 2009.

Keywords: China, renminbi, de facto exchange rate regime, TV-AR model, TV-AR-GARCH model

JEL Classification: C22, F31, F37

Suggested Citation

Funke, Michael and Gronwald, Marc, The Undisclosed Renminbi Basket: Are the Markets Telling Us Something About Where the Renminbi-US Dollar Exchange Rate is Going? (April 2008). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2272, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1117883 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1117883

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