Robin Brooks · Jonathan Fortun / Institute of International Finance
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Do currency devaluations actually lift exports? Robin Brooks and Jonathan Fortun examine large, persistent depreciations since 1990 across advanced and emerging economies. Their July 2023 analysis finds an early increase in export volumes and a shift from external deficits toward surpluses, challenging the view that dollar invoicing prevents a meaningful trade response.
Robin Brooks · Jonathan Fortun / Institute of International Finance
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Export growth strengthens after major devaluations in the historical sample examined by Robin Brooks and Jonathan Fortun. Their July 2023 analysis follows 27 episodes of real exchange rate declines exceeding 20% since 1990 across emerging and G10 economies. Larger depreciations are associated with stronger export gains, challenging claims that dollar invoicing prevents such benefits.
Robin Brooks · Jonathan Fortun / Institute of International Finance
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Testing whether devaluations support growth requires identifying comparable currency episodes first. Robin Brooks and Jonathan Fortun develop an algorithm that detects 27 large real exchange rate declines across emerging and G10 economies since 1990. This June 2023 installment establishes the sample for subsequent analysis of exports and output, rather than presenting those later results.
Robin Brooks · Jonathan Fortun / Institute of International Finance
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Trade links and portfolio investment gave different signals about economic separation from China in June 2023. Robin Brooks and Jonathan Fortun find little evidence of a material retreat in trade, while foreign direct investment excluding reinvested earnings remained resilient. Reduced nonresident portfolio flows instead pointed to investors cutting financial exposure, distinguishing risk reduction from a broader dismantling of commercial ties.
Robin Brooks · Jonathan Fortun / Institute of International Finance
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Could euro area inflation turn into a wage and price spiral? Robin Brooks and Jonathan Fortun compare broadly shared price increases with subdued negotiated wage growth across much of the periphery. Their May 2023 analysis interprets that divergence as evidence of remaining labor market slack and a stronger role for supply shocks, making an aggregate spiral unlikely.
Robin Brooks · Jonathan Fortun · Jonathan Pingle / Institute of International Finance
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Financial sanctions can have different effects on countries that need foreign capital and those earning external surpluses. Robin Brooks, Jonathan Fortun and Jonathan Pingle examine how Russia’s 2022 energy windfall supported access to foreign currency despite sanctions. Their May 2023 assessment links that buffer to the rapid easing of domestic financial conditions and the economy’s capacity to sustain the war.