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The impact of an exchange rate shock on Australian economy

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It has been more than 30 years since 1983 when the floating exchange rate regime was introduced in Australia. The floating exchange rate is widely considered to bring benefits to the Australian economy through its role as a shock absorber. The present project investigates how the movement of the exchange rate affects Australian GDP and employment in the post-float era. The study’s results demonstrate that the impact from a one-standard-deviation unanticipated real exchange rate shock tends to cause more sectoral shifts on Australian GDP and employment growth rather than aggregate disturbances in the short run. We find that shock impacts are statistically insignificant on aggregate GDP growth and employment growth. At the industrial level, the extent of such shock impacts is largely based on the trade-exposure characteristics of industries. Finally, the results confirm that the floating exchange rate behaves as a shock absorber in the short run.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Literature review : theory -- Chapter 3. Literature review : empirical -- Chapter 4. Empirical work -- Chapter 5. Conclusions -- Appendices -- References.

Notes

Empirical thesis. Bibliography: pages 107-111

Awarding Institution

Macquarie University

Degree Type

Thesis MRes

Degree

MRes, Macquarie University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Economics

Department, Centre or School

Department of Economics

Year of Award

2016

Principal Supervisor

George Milunovich

Additional Supervisor 1

Natalia Ponomareva

Rights

Copyright Li Ma 2016. Copyright disclaimer: http://mq.edu.au/library/copyright

Language

English

Jurisdiction

Australia

Extent

1 online resource (ii, 111 pages) graphs, tables

Former Identifiers

mq:70126 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1260509