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Purchasing-Power Parity: Definition, Measurement, and Interpretation
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This article examines the concept of purchasing-power parity (PPP) and its implications for the equilibrium value of the Canadian exchange rate. PPP has two main applications, as a theory of exchange rate determination and as a means to compare living standards across countries. Concerning exchange rate determination, PPP is mainly useful as a reminder that monetary policy has no long-run impact on the real exchange rate, since the exchange rate can deviate persistently from its PPP value in response to real shocks.
To compare living standards across countries, PPP exchange rates constructed by comparing the prices of national consumption baskets are used to translate per capita national incomes into a common currency. These rates are useful because they offset differences in national price levels to obtain comparable measures of purchasing power, but they are not an accurate measure of the equilibrium value of the exchange rate.
The authors conclude that the current deviation of the Canadian exchange rate from the PPP rate does not imply that the exchange rate is undervalued, but that this deviation reflects the impact of persistent real factors, in particular, lower commodity prices.
2002-11-19T11:18:41+00:00
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Purchasing-Power Parity: Definition, Measurement, and Interpretation
2002-11-19
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Supply Shocks and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics: Canadian Evidence
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2002/11/working-paper-2002-31/
In this paper, we study the impact of supply shocks on the Canadian real exchange rate. We specify a structural vector-error-correction model that links the real exchange rate to different fundamentals.
2002-11-01T12:45:07+00:00
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Supply Shocks and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics: Canadian Evidence
2002-11-01
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Working Paper 2002-31
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Supply Shocks and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics: Canadian Evidence
CĂ©line Gauthier
David Tessier
November 2002
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