Exchange Rate Policy and Economic Growth after the Financial Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe

Zsolt Darvas

No 1103, Working Papers from Department of Mathematical Economics and Economic Analysis, Corvinus University of Budapest

Abstract: In a paper on the effects of the global financial crisis in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the author reacts to a paper of Aslund (2011) published in the same issue of "Eurasian Geography and Economics" on the influence of exchange rate policies on the region’s recovery. The author argues that post-crisis corrections in current account deficits in CEE countries do not in themselves signal a return to steady economic growth. Disagreeing with Aslund over the role of loose monetary policy in fostering the region’s economic problems, he outlines a number of competitiveness problems that remain to be addressed in the 10 new EU member states of CEE, along with improvements in framework conditions supporting future macroeconomic growth.

Keywords: Central and Eastern Europe; Baltic states; exchange rate policy; global financial crisis; floating exchange rate; fixed exchange rate; inflation; internal devaluation; credit boom; overheating economy; current account balance; negative output gap; euro area; unit labour costs; price competitiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F30 F40 F50 P26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2011-01
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