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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.
Abstract
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.
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Robin Brooks, Jonathan Fortun (2023). Global Macro Views: Do Devaluations Boost Growth?. Institute of International Finance.