Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Prices: Evidence from Mexico

Carlos Capistrán (), Raul Ibarra and Manuel Ramos Francia

No 2011-12, Working Papers from Banco de México

Abstract: This paper analyzes the pass-through of exchange rate to different price indexes in Mexico. The analysis is based on a vector autoregressive model (VAR) using monthly data from January 1997 to December 2010. The pass-through effects are calculated by means of accumulated impulse response functions to a recursively identified exchange rate shock. The results show that the exchange rate pass-through to import prices is complete, but it declines along the distribution chain in such a way that the impact on consumer prices is below 20 percent. Moreover, we find that the exchange rate pass-through seems to have decreased substantially from 2001 onwards, which coincides with the adoption of an inflation targeting regime by Banco de Mexico.

JEL-codes: E31 F31 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-11
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