The asymmetric effect of exchange rate pass-through to domestic prices: Evidence from Nigeria
The linear relationship between exchange rates and domestic prices has been extensively researched but little is known about their asymmetric relationship, particularly in Nigeria. This study examined nominal exchange rate passthrough to domestic prices using the official and parallel marke...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Faculty of Economics, Belgrade
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Ekonomski Anali |
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| Online Access: | https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0013-3264/2024/0013-32642443117A.pdf |
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| Summary: | The linear relationship between exchange rates and domestic prices has been
extensively researched but little is known about their asymmetric
relationship, particularly in Nigeria. This study examined nominal exchange
rate passthrough to domestic prices using the official and parallel market
exchange rates. The non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL)
estimation technique was adopted to analyse data of relevant variables from
2011M1 to 2021M3. The results showed that the parallel market exchange rate,
not the official exchange rate, is the driver of domestic prices in Nigeria
due to the huge discrepancies in the two rates, which economic agents
exploit to their advantage. The Wald test results confirmed the existence of
short-run asymmetry between parallel market exchange rates and domestic
prices in Nigeria. This suggests the need for the Nigerian monetary
authorities to close the gap between the official and parallel market
exchange rates to minimise arbitrage. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-3264 1820-7375 |