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18 2021 16:30 - 17:45
Webinar
Macroeconomics
Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents: Resurrecting the Real Income Channel
Matthew Rognlie (Northwestern University)
Abstract: Introducing heterogeneous households into a New-Keynesian small open economy model resurrects the real income channel of exchange rates: the rise in import prices from a depreciation lowers households’ real incomes, and leads them to cut back on spending. This channel counteracts the standard expenditure-switching channel of exchange rates, and can result in contractionary devaluations. We study the implications of the real income channel for monetary policy, and measure its magnitude in the data.
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