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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Schmitz, Martina; * | De Clercq, Maartena | Fidora, Michaela | Lauro, Bernadettea | Pinheiro, Cristinaa
Affiliations: [a] European Central Bank, Kaiserstrasse, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Martin Schmitz, European Central Bank, Kaiserstrasse 29, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: This paper discusses in detail methodological issues in the construction of nominal and real effective exchange rate indicators based on the methodology used by the European Central Bank (ECB). Taking economic theory and data constraints into account, it presents the options available for constructing nominal and real effective exchange rates and describes how this is implemented in practice based on the example of the euro. In particular, the paper discusses the use and development of trade weights based on trade in manufactured goods (taking account of third market effects), the selection of trading partners, and the choice of deflators for constructing real effective exchange rate indices. It also describes how the concept of real effective exchange rates of the euro can be extended to consistent harmonised measures of competitiveness of euro area Member States. It finally shows how the available indicators can be applied in analysing exchange rate and competitiveness developments of the euro area as a whole or individual Member States.
Keywords: Competitiveness, effective exchange rate (EER), nominal effective exchange rate (NEER), real effective exchange rate (REER), trade weights
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-130374
Journal: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 127-158, 2013
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