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EXCHANGE MARKET PRESSURE, MONETARY POLICY, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: ARGENTINA, 1993–2004
Author(s) -
GARCÍA Clara,
MALET Nuria
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2007.00043.x
Subject(s) - economics , currency , monetary economics , monetary policy , exchange rate , value (mathematics) , machine learning , computer science
The exchange market pressure (EMP) against a currency has been frequently measured as the sum of the loss of international reserves plus the loss of nominal value of that currency. This paper follows the tradition of investigating the interactions between such a measure of EMP and monetary policy; but it also questions the usual omission of output growth in empirical investigations. The focus of this work is Argentina between 1993 and 2004. As in previous studies, we found some evidence of a positive and double‐direction relationship between EMP and domestic credit. But output growth also played a role in the determination of EMP, even more than domestic credit or interest rates. Also, there is some evidence that EMP affected growth negatively.