Empirical analysis on the real effects of inflation and exchange rate uncertainty: The case of Colombia

Isabel Cristina Ruiz (isabel.ruiz@wmich.edu)

Revista Ecos de Economía, 2005

Abstract: Abstract:This paper re-examines the effects of inflation and exchange rate uncertainty on real economic activity. The existent literatura has treated both issues as separate subject matters. It has emphasized either the issue of inflation uncertainty or exchange rate uncertainty on economic growth or on different measures of economic activity. This paper attempts dealing with both issues by analyzing the magnitudes and direction of the effect of both: inflation and exchange rate uncertainty on real economic activity. By introducing dummy variables, we control for monetary policy change (the change to inflation targeting and flexible exchange rate). By using a generalized autoregressive conditional variance (GARCH) model of inflation and exchange rates, the conditional variances of the model´s forecast errors were extracted as measures of uncertainty. The results suggest that higher levels of inflation Granger cause more uncertainty and viceversa for the Colombian economy. Also, only inflation uncertainty matters for output by exerting a negative influence.Resumen:Este trabajo reexamina los efectos de la inflación y sus cambios inesperados en la actividad económica. La literatura ha acentuado la diferencia entre incertidumbre respecto a la inflación y la incertidumbre del cambio en desarrollo económico o en diversas medidas de actividad económica. Este artículo procura ocuparse de los dos aspectos analizando las magnitudes y la dirección del efecto de ambos. Para ello se simulan cambio en la política monetaria, usando un modelo condicional auto regresivo (GARCH) que simula los cambios de la inflación. Los resultados sugieren que niveles más altos de la inflación causan más incertidumbre y viceversa para la economía colombiana

Keywords: Inflation Targeting; Inflation Uncertainty; Exchange Rate; Uncertainty; GARCH models; Granger causality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D81 E52 E65 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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