The sharp depreciation of the euro after the crisis helped sustain German exports, thereby keeping the eurozone afloat.

WASHINGTON, DC Over the last several weeks, the dollar s depreciation against the euro and yen has grabbed global attention.

The real depreciation necessary to restore external balance would drive the real value of euro debts even higher, making them even more unsustainable.

The balance sheet effects on euro debts caused by the depreciation of the new national currency would thus have to be handled through an orderly and negotiated conversion of euro liabilities into the new national currencies.

And that means further depreciation of the dollar.

In any case, protecting exports by resisting euro appreciation or, more precisely, dollar depreciation is a poor way to promote economic growth.

Or a weaker euro could be had if the ECB were willing quite unlikely to ease monetary policy further to allow real depreciation.

The extent of creditor countries losses would depend on the extent of the depreciation, giving them an interest in keeping the depreciation within bounds.

Dollar depreciation improves Europe s terms of trade and real income.

Depreciation of the enterprise s fixed assets is around 60 70 .

Restoring sustained growth requires real currency depreciation.

What of the euro?

The expansion of the ECB s balance sheet and the targeted depreciation of the euro should help to bring the eurozone s short term inflation rate close to 2 and thus reduce deflationary risks.

Having promptly achieved depreciation, it may have succeeded.

B. Introduction of the euro

In principle, such a depreciation against all of the world s currencies is manageable.

But all of the options that might restore competitiveness require real currency depreciation.

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So every planned euro of deficit reduction delivers less than a euro of actual deficit reduction.

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A recent example is the gradual 50 depreciation of the yen against the dollar.

There is a deep and sad irony to the current depreciation of the dollar.

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So we expect a substantial depreciation premium on US interest rates.

After all, by staying in the euro, a rapid export led recovery would be impossible. The only other way to achieve depreciation in real terms is through massive deflation of domestic prices, coupled with a severe recession.

First, it contributes to yen depreciation and dollar appreciation as carry traders switch out of yen.

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The depreciation that followed the crisis helped accelerate recovery by boosting exports.

Third, the position of the euro will strengthen over time as more countries will join the euro zone.

But most of these exports go to other Euro zone countries, and are thus unaffected by the level of the Euro.

This would enable them to revive economic growth and competitiveness through a depreciation of new national currencies.

But, in the absence of complementary action, depreciation whether engineered or market driven will make matters worse.

The residual values have been established through the application of depreciation scales which were developed by UNTAC.

Moreover, manipulation of official statistics highlights the problems of an economic model based on peso depreciation and the accumulation of reserves.

For example, there could be a Greek euro, a Spanish euro, etc.

The interest rates on the euro denominated sovereign debt of the twelve euro zone governments are all very similar.

In the absence of exchange rate depreciation, the adjustment process will depress wages and prices, raising the specter of deflation.

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