Arbeitspapier

Exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices: a European perspective

We study the pass-through of exchange rate changes to consumer prices for the euro area by estimating vector error correction models for Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. Using the weights of the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) we compute a weighted average of the country results for the euro area. We find that in response to a ten percent depreciation of the euro nominal effective exchange rate index, the HICP tends to increase by 0,4 percent after 12 months. The total effect amounts to 0,8 percent and the adjustment of consumer prices is completed after three years.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 02-20

Classification
Wirtschaft
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Foreign Exchange
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Subject
pass-through
inflation
exchange rate
euro area
Exchange rate pass-through
Schätzung
Europäische Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion
Deutschland
Frankreich
Italien
Niederlande
Spanien

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Schröder, Michael
Hüfner, Felix P.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2002

Handle
Last update
2025-03-10T11:42:57+0100

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Schröder, Michael
  • Hüfner, Felix P.
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Time of origin

  • 2002

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