Monetary policy credibility and state-dependent exchange rate pass-through in Asia-Pacific countries
Janghan Kwon
Economic Modelling, 2025, vol. 151, issue C
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This paper investigates how exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) varies across monetary policy regimes in a panel of 11 Asia-Pacific countries. Monetary policy credibility is proxied by the dispersion of professional inflation forecasts. By identifying the monetary policy credibility regimes using the Hansen (1999) threshold test, I examine the nonlinear ERPT through state-dependent local projections. The results show that the magnitude of ERPT is considerably larger in times of lowered credibility. The results also highlight that central banks may face heightened ERPT, regardless of their monetary policy regime or level of economic development, especially in the short run. In particular, ERPT nonlinearities tend to be more pronounced in emerging market economies and during periods without an inflation targeting regime. I find evidence of asymmetric ERPT following currency appreciation and depreciation, with a higher pass-through rate observed when credibility weakens.
Keywords: Exchange rate pass-through; Monetary policy credibility; Nonlinearities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 E31 F31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2025.107203
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