F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

• The Sensitivity of Producer Prices to Exchange Rates: Insights from Micro Data

  Staff Working Paper 2012-20 Shutao Cao, Wei Dong, Ben Tomlin

  This paper studies the sensitivity of Canadian producer prices to the Canada-U.S. exchange rate. Using a unique product-level price data set, we estimate and analyze the impact of movements in the exchange rate on both domestic and export producer prices.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Inflation and prices, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): E, E3, E30, F, F3, F31, F4, F41, L, L1, L11

• International Business Cycles and Financial Frictions

  Staff Working Paper 2012-19 Wen Yao

  This paper builds a two-country DSGE model to study the quantitative impact of financial frictions on business cycle co-movements when investors have foreign asset exposure. The investor in each country holds capital in both countries and faces a leverage constraint on her debt.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, International financial markets, International topics JEL Code(s): E, E3, E30, F, F4, F42, F44