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Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Pakistan

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  • Younus, Rijja Ali
  • Yucel, Eray

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Exchange rate pass-through, which is the degree of reflection of exchange rate movements on domestic inflation, is a crucial phenomenon especially for the developing economies. In this paper we study the exchange rate pass-through for the Pakistani economy from 2008 to 2019. Using quarterly data for consumer prices and the Pakistani Rupee – USD exchange rate and a simple econometric framework, we estimate the pass-through coefficients to various subgroup and item indices within Pakistani household consumption basket. Our findings indicate that pass-through behavior is limited to only some items, motivating us to develop an exchange rate sensitive items index to allow for better forecasting performance on the side of policymakers.

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  • Younus, Rijja Ali & Yucel, Eray, 2020. "Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Pakistan," MPRA Paper 98955, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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