Internal vs external devaluation
The current crisis revealed the threat posed by current account imbalances on the very existence of the euro area. In the absence of a federal response, national rebalancing efforts will be needed. Two adjustment strategies seem at hand: external or internal devaluation. The Latvian and Irish experi...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:cii:cepill:2012-324 2024-04-14T08:13:40+00:00 Internal vs external devaluation Sophie Piton Yves-Emmanuel Bara http://www.cepii.fr/PDF_PUB/lettre/2012/let324ang.pdf unknown http://www.cepii.fr/PDF_PUB/lettre/2012/let324ang.pdf article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:34:33Z The current crisis revealed the threat posed by current account imbalances on the very existence of the euro area. In the absence of a federal response, national rebalancing efforts will be needed. Two adjustment strategies seem at hand: external or internal devaluation. The Latvian and Irish experiences show that internal devaluation consists in a slow process allowing only limited adjustment to the price of persistent social costs. Argentina and Iceland, who let their currency depreciate, have undergone a radical therapy: immediate adjustment and relatively quick recovery. If more effective, external devaluation does not seem available to euro area countries as exiting the monetary union would entail dramatic costs. Internal devaluation processes must be backed by a cooperative European strategy. French Version adjustment;current account balance;fixed exchange rate regime Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Argentina |
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The current crisis revealed the threat posed by current account imbalances on the very existence of the euro area. In the absence of a federal response, national rebalancing efforts will be needed. Two adjustment strategies seem at hand: external or internal devaluation. The Latvian and Irish experiences show that internal devaluation consists in a slow process allowing only limited adjustment to the price of persistent social costs. Argentina and Iceland, who let their currency depreciate, have undergone a radical therapy: immediate adjustment and relatively quick recovery. If more effective, external devaluation does not seem available to euro area countries as exiting the monetary union would entail dramatic costs. Internal devaluation processes must be backed by a cooperative European strategy. French Version adjustment;current account balance;fixed exchange rate regime |
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