Industry-specific exchange rates for the United States

Linda Goldberg

Economic Policy Review, 2004, issue May, No v.10 no.1, 16 pages

Abstract: The trade-weighted exchange rates constructed for the aggregate U.S. economy do not always capture the changes in industry competitive conditions induced by movements in specific bilateral exchange rates. Exchange rates produced using information on industry-specific trade partners are often better suited for this task. This article constructs three industry-specific real exchange rate measures for the United States-one using export partner weights only, a second using import partner weights, and a third using an average of export and import weights by industry-and examines how they co-move or diverge from the aggregate economy wide measures. The exercise suggests that researchers who use aggregate exchange rate indexes rather than industry-specific measures might overlook the empirical value of exchange rates for the producer profits of specific U.S. industries.

Keywords: Industries; Foreign exchange rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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