Can a rapidly growing export-oriented economy exit smoothly from a currency peg? Lessons from Japan’s high-growth era |
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Authors: | Barry Eichengreen Mariko Hatase |
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Institution: | a University of California, Berkeley, USA b Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, Japan |
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Abstract: | We analyze the impact of Japan’s exit from its currency peg in 1971. We identify sizeable effects on Japanese exports and investment but find that the negative impacts on the economy were neutralized by strong global demand and domestic fiscal support. While our analysis suggests that a rapidly-growing, export-oriented economy can exit a peg for a managed float despite the presence of capital controls and the absence of sophisticated foreign currency forward markets, it underscores the importance of exiting while global conditions are favorable and points to the importance of using fiscal policy to support domestic demand as the rise in the real exchange rate slows the growth of net exports and investment. |
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Keywords: | Japan Exchange rate Peg Exports Investment |
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