Exchange rate pass‐through to consumer prices in India – nonlinear evidence from a smooth transition model

Javed Ahmad Bhat, Md Zulquar Nain and Sajad Ahmad Bhat

International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2024, vol. 29, issue 1, 927-942

Abstract: Using a backward‐looking Philips curve framework and a Logistic Smooth Transition Regression (STR) model, this article examined the exchange rate pass‐through (ERPT) to final consumer prices in the case of India. Specifically, the nonlinearity of ERPT has been investigated with respect to the level of economic activity and the rate of inflation by considering two alternative measures of exchange rate. For the first transition variable, results are markedly different between high and low‐activity regimes and signify the favourable impact of economic activity on the extent of pass‐through. In the short run, 1% exchange rate appreciation would decrease the price level by 0.244% when the economy is in a low‐activity regime; however, the same appreciation increases the price level by 0.485% when there is a boom in the economy. In the long run, ERPT in the low‐activity regime is −0.358, and in the high‐activity regime, it is 0.039. In both regimes, pass‐through coefficients differ from zero and one, implying that neither local currency pricing nor producer currency pricing characterizes the ERPT mechanism. The impact of other important determinants of inflation is also well according to theoretical expectations. Finally, for the rate of inflation, we did not report any evidence favouring the Taylor hypothesis in the case of India.

Date: 2024
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