"Does depreciation in the US dollar improve the trade deficit?
Introduction
What is trade deficit? Trade deficit is an economic measure of a negative balance of trade in which a country 's imports exceeds its exports. A trade deficit represents an outflow of domestic currency to foreign markets. Depreciation in value of US dollar in front of other global currencies can improve or reduce trade deficit as depreciation in dollar can reduce the trade deficit by encouraging exports as not exporters will get better returns and discouraging imports as now imports are more costly which will eventually boost exports and reduce imports. US is currently having trade defecate of $44 billion which is been increasing since decades, Earlier till 1976 US …show more content…
Empirical findings also supported the similar view that depreciation of a nation’s currency will shift its trade balance towards surplus only if it can fulfill the Marshall-Lerner condition, or in other words, if the combined elasticity’s of demand for exports and imports is elastic (i.e. the coefficient is greater than 1). Evidence suggests that in the US today, the Marshall-Lerner Condition is in fact being met as in the 2015 fiscal year an increase in exports of 12% in response to a 6% weakening of the dollar indicates a price elasticity of “more than one” for America’s exports, meaning foreigners are highly responsive to cheaper US goods . The ultimate result is that strong export is getting a boost from the cheaper dollar and consequently US trade deficit is narrowing gradually thereafter. We took a broader look on whether currency depreciation can be effective as a means of narrowing US trade deficits but previously in 2009 data shows that the US trade balance gets better because of a reduction in the import side of the trade account. Evidence suggests no significant increase in US export of goods and services; rather in 2009 there was an unexpected immediate fall of US imports that leads to a decrease in trade deficit. One reason for such a behavior of the trade balance might be linked to a decreased consumption demand in the US economy caused by recent recession and perhaps a temporary appreciation of dollar in that specified period (2009: chart3) had a short-term improvement in the current account position of the United States by cutting the cost of importing goods and
Introduction
What is trade deficit? Trade deficit is an economic measure of a negative balance of trade in which a country 's imports exceeds its exports. A trade deficit represents an outflow of domestic currency to foreign markets. Depreciation in value of US dollar in front of other global currencies can improve or reduce trade deficit as depreciation in dollar can reduce the trade deficit by encouraging exports as not exporters will get better returns and discouraging imports as now imports are more costly which will eventually boost exports and reduce imports. US is currently having trade defecate of $44 billion which is been increasing since decades, Earlier till 1976 US …show more content…
Empirical findings also supported the similar view that depreciation of a nation’s currency will shift its trade balance towards surplus only if it can fulfill the Marshall-Lerner condition, or in other words, if the combined elasticity’s of demand for exports and imports is elastic (i.e. the coefficient is greater than 1). Evidence suggests that in the US today, the Marshall-Lerner Condition is in fact being met as in the 2015 fiscal year an increase in exports of 12% in response to a 6% weakening of the dollar indicates a price elasticity of “more than one” for America’s exports, meaning foreigners are highly responsive to cheaper US goods . The ultimate result is that strong export is getting a boost from the cheaper dollar and consequently US trade deficit is narrowing gradually thereafter. We took a broader look on whether currency depreciation can be effective as a means of narrowing US trade deficits but previously in 2009 data shows that the US trade balance gets better because of a reduction in the import side of the trade account. Evidence suggests no significant increase in US export of goods and services; rather in 2009 there was an unexpected immediate fall of US imports that leads to a decrease in trade deficit. One reason for such a behavior of the trade balance might be linked to a decreased consumption demand in the US economy caused by recent recession and perhaps a temporary appreciation of dollar in that specified period (2009: chart3) had a short-term improvement in the current account position of the United States by cutting the cost of importing goods and