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It certainly sounds rational, especially compared to a more diplomatic approach of lifting some economic sanctions in exchange for, say, cooperation in Syria.
That structural shift, in combination with the renminbi’s strengthening effective real exchange rate relative to the dollar, owing to inflation and rapidly rising wages in export sectors, offers hope that China’s surplus will fall.
Indeed, the economist Robert Mundell, whose work on optimal monetary zones is credited with laying the theoretical groundwork for the euro, insists that China should maintain its fixed exchange rate as a necessary part of its current phase of economic development.
Pegged exchange rates clearly have been essential to East Asia’s economic takeoff, for they work well with the region’s export-oriented development model.
But the effectiveness of a fixed exchange rate is determined by how developments in the export sector influence domestic industries and the national economy as a whole.
If growth in the trade sector boosts that of domestic non-trade sectors, then a fixed exchange rate will not put pressure on the external balance of payments as demand for imports rises.
Under these circumstances, revaluation of the exchange rate will not have a severe impact on an economy’s development.
No one should realistically expect the renminbi’s exchange rate to be determined solely by the income level of the relatively prosperous eastern coastal regions.
Japan alone has foreign exchange reserves of around $750 billion, much of that in US treasury bills.
China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan together have another $1.1 trillion or so in reported foreign exchange reserves.
The emerging economies’ monetary authorities have struggled to cope with these shocks using available instruments, including interest rates, exchange rates, prudential regulation, and capital controls.
That prospect rapidly drove down the euro’s exchange rate, enhancing the international competitiveness of European goods.
SDRs are a kind of global money, issued by the IMF, which countries agree to accept and exchange for dollars or other hard currencies.
Countries that receive more than they must put into reserves could exchange the new money for conventional currencies.
A country with reserves of the new global money could exchange it for hard currencies to sustain needed food imports or other goods.
Europe also became nervous after the euro exchange rate rose to more than $1.40, far beyond the purchasing power parity (PPP) rate of $1.17.
First, international trade contracts are renegotiated infrequently, which means that dollar prices are “sticky” for an extended period – around ten months – despite fluctuations in the exchange rate.
Any major changes came not from deliberate decisions by central banks to reallocate reserves, but rather from the simple arithmetic of changing exchange rates: a stronger dollar raised the dollar’s share in total global reserves, while a weaker dollar reduced it.
Finally, the corruption that was endemic in Qaddafi’s regime endures, with ministry officials accepting bribes, for example, in exchange for contracts.
For their part, the militias that overthrew Qaddafi have released prisoners in exchange for ransom payments.
In just 18 months, the rial’s exchange rate against the dollar has fallen by two-thirds.
Given increased dollar revenues and easy access to dollars, the government was able to maintain a fixed nominal exchange rate.
In order to defuse the current economic panic, Iranian officials have proposed a nine-step plan, in which they would gradually suspend production of medium-enriched uranium in exchange for the immediate dismantling of sanctions.
But, after a brief exchange of views behind closed doors, no joint statement was issued and only a heavily sanitized account of the meeting was made available to China’s state media.
Exchange rates do not always accord with economists’ models.
But even if they don’t, measures that make it harder for foreign exporters to earn dollars will create a dollar scarcity, which, in an environment of floating exchange rates, will automatically boost the greenback’s value.
Alongside rising trade and current-account surpluses, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) maintained a policy of intervening in the foreign-exchange market to dampen appreciation, thereby amassing huge foreign exchange reserves.
If Chinese authorities had acceded to US demands and allowed the market to determine the exchange rate, the renminbi would have depreciated further still, and US exporters would have had a harder time competing.
After 40 hours of strenuous negotiations, the South agreed to stop loudspeaker broadcasts into the demilitarized zone between the two countries, in exchange for the North expressing “regret” for the South Korean soldiers killed by a landmine blast in the DMZ three weeks earlier.
Our simulations indicate that a non-discriminatory trade regime would magnify the potential positive impact of depreciation in the real exchange rate (as a result of the reduction in wages) on Palestinian GDP.
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