TIME-VARYING EXCHANGE RATE PASS-THROUGH TO DOMESTIC PRICES: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY


İlhan A., Akdeniz C., ÖZDEMİR M.

Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, cilt.26, sa.3, ss.162-182, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Dergi Adı: Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, EconLit
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.162-182
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: domestic prices, Exchange rate, exchange rate pass-through, Turkey, TVP-VAR model
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Exchange rate fluctuations have decisive effects on inflation dynamics and monetary policy in emerging market economies. This paper analyzes exchange rate pass-through to domestic prices in Turkey by employing the TVP-VAR model for the period from 2002:01 to 2019:12. Our findings indicate that exchange rate pass-through varied throughout the relevant period. Specifically, the pass-through coefficients decreased considerably after adopting the inflation targeting regime, whereas it accelerated significantly following the exchange rate depreciations, especially after 2013. This upward trend was probably due to structural problems and policy choices. Rising pass-through coefficients may imply the exchange rate pass-through has an impact during inflation targeting. However, it should be noted that inflation targeting has underperformed in Turkey due to policy preferences in the last decade.