AN Effect of trade shortfall, External obligation on exchange rate, a case study on Pakistan

Authors

  • Israr Ahmed Ph.D. Scholar, IBA University of Sindh
  • Prof. Dr. Muneeruddin Soomro Commerce Department, University of Sindh
  • Prof. Dr. Syed Abdul Sattar Shah IBA University of Sindh
  • Mehrullah Baloch

Keywords:

Developing Countries, External Debt, Exchange Rate, Trade Deficit

Abstract

Current economic conditions in developing countries are very problematic, particularly devaluations in a currency that leads to an increase in the Exchange rate(ER), Moreover, change in exchange rate with less export and more imports developing countries have faced the problem of trade deficit(TD) at same time deficit balance of payment(DBOP), due to deficit balance of payment developing country has unable to pay external debts(EDs) which leads to again increase in ER this cycle generates several problems So, researchers 1st core objective is to ascertain the impact of  TD on  EDs and 2nd core objective is to ascertain the impact of  EDs on ER. Several literature and theories highlighted the relationship between these IVs and DV. Researchers used preceding 15 years’ secondary data related to Pakistan. 15 years of data consist of three different governments and different policymakers. For analysis, scholars used correlation and OLS techniques with the help of Ms excel and E-views to check whether the result are the same or not with other researchers. The finding of this study shows that all three alternative hypotheses are accepted and have a significant impact.          

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Published

30-06-2022