The Recent Behavior of U.S. Trade Prices.

There is a widespread view that the adjustment of U.S. trade prices--and hence merchandise trade flows--in the face of the substantial dollar depreciation since early 1985 has been slower than might have been expected. This paper examines the recent behavior of U.S. trade prices, and concludes that...

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Autor corporatiu: International Monetary Fund
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1989.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1989/029
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF
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