Effects of US interest rate shocks in the emerging market economies: Evidence from panel structural VAR

Shweta Sikhwal ()
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Shweta Sikhwal: HSE University, Moscow, Russia

Russian Journal of Economics, 2022, vol. 8, issue 3, 234-254

Abstract: We examine, using a monthly dataset from 2007 to 2020, the US interest rate shocks' effects on exchange rates, broad money aggregates, and foreign exchange reserves in emerging market economies (EMEs) post global financial crisis. To evaluate the impact of unconventional monetary policy initiatives, we employ Wu-Xia's shadow interest rates. There are two parts to the methodology. The first part focuses on the identification of the unanticipated US interest rate shock in a SVAR model. In the second part, we incorporate the US interest rate shock into the panel structural VAR to analyze its impact on 29 countries from various regions. A positive shock to US interest rates depreciates the exchange rate of EMEs against the US dollar. According to our findings, it results in a decline in the broad money aggregate and foreign exchange reserves. The findings are consistent across multiple EME regions.

Keywords: US; interest; rate; emerging; market; economies; shadow; rate; panel; structural; VAR. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C3 E51 E52 E58 F41 F42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.32609/j.ruje.8.89717

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