Why Does the Peso-Dollar Exchange Rate Show a Depreciation Trend?: The Role of Productivity Differentials

Over the last three decades, Mexico’s macroeconomic policy has been driven by a sound orthodox strategy: an open economy via many trade agreements signed since the mid-1980s, a nominal exchange rate under a flexible regime since 1994, central bank autonomy, and responsible fiscal policy, among other benchmarks. Nevertheless, the exchange rate has continued on a path of depreciation against the US dollar. In this paper, we show that although an equilibrium relationship exists between the exchange rate and prices in Mexico and the US (its main commercial partner), there are other forces affecting the former. The main factor in this relentless long-term depreciation is the loss of productivity in Mexico relative to the US. In addition, we show that the extraordinary liquidity supplied by the US during the 2008 crisis caused the Mexican peso to appreciate against the dollar.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Arnoldo López
Format:	Working Papers biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Monetary Policy, Foreign Exchange, Exchange Rate, C22 - Time-Series Models • Dynamic Quantile Regressions • Dynamic Treatment Effect Models • Diffusion Processes, E24 - Employment • Unemployment • Wages • Intergenerational Income Distribution • Aggregate Human Capital • Aggregate Labor Productivity, O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development, O19 - International Linkages to Development • Role of International Organizations, O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth • Aggregate Productivity • Cross-Country Output Convergence, Productivity;Nominal Exchange Rate;Federal Reserve Assets;Prices,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001370 https://publications.iadb.org/en/why-does-peso-dollar-exchange-rate-show-depreciation-trend-role-productivity-differentials
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