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Exchange Rates and Prices: Sources of Sterling Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations 1973–94

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  • Mark S. Astley
  • Anthony Garratt

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We attempt to identify the sources of UK exchange rate and relative consumer price fluctuations by applying the Clarida and Gali (1994) extension of the Blanchard and Quah (1989) structural VAR method to UK data. We (r)nd that IS shocks underlay the majority of the variance of sterling real and nominal exchange rates. Aggregate supply (AS) shocks were the second most important source of such variations, while LM shocks played an extremely limited role. In contrast, the variance of UK relative consumer prices primarily reflected LM shocks.

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  • Mark S. Astley & Anthony Garratt, 2000. "Exchange Rates and Prices: Sources of Sterling Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations 1973–94," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 62(4), pages 491-509, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:obuest:v:62:y:2000:i:4:p:491-509
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00184
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