Title: Determinants of the CNY/USD exchange rate: a simultaneous-equation model

Authors: Yu Hsing

Addresses: Department of Management & Business Administration, College of Business, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402, USA

Abstract: Applying the generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model and using a sample during 2005.Q3-2014.Q1, this paper finds that the CNY/USD exchange rate is positively associated with the US interest rate, the US stock price and the inflation rate differential (China's inflation rate minus the US inflation rate) and negatively affected by China's interest rate, US real gross domestic product (GDP), and China's stock price. The coefficient of real GDP in China is positive but insignificant.

Keywords: exchange rates; interest rates; gross domestic product; GDP; stock prices; inflation rates; GARCH model; determinants; simultaneous equations; modelling; China; USA; United States.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEF.2015.072341

International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, 2015 Vol.8 No.3, pp.274 - 281

Received: 04 Apr 2015
Accepted: 06 May 2015
Published online: 09 Oct 2015 *

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