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Gita Gopinath on Trade, Currencies, and Economic Transformation

23 Sept 2026 11 published claims 1 attributable person
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01 / evaluation

There were previous governments who were doing nominal depreciations, and in three months, the real exchange rate was basically back up to where it was before. Nothing changed because it just got priced into goods.

“There were previous governments who were doing nominal depreciations, and in three months, the real exchange rate was basically back up to where it was before. Nothing changed because it just got priced into goods.”
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02 / evaluation

In a way, the way you want to think about it is that when China is exporting some certain goods to the rest of the world, if its imports are priced also in dollars, then those inputs that are going into its production function are priced in dollars and sticky in dollars, then you have an incentive to just price in dollars, and your dollar price is not going to move that much because the exchange rate adjustment is not doing much, because an important part of your cost of production is also in dollars.

“In a way, the way you want to think about it is that when China is exporting some certain goods to the rest of the world, if its imports are priced also in dollars, then those inputs that are going into its production function are priced in dollars and sticky in dollars, then you have an incentive to just price in dollars, and your dollar price is not going to move that much because the exchange rate adjustment is not doing much, because an important part of your cost of production is also in dollars.”
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03 / evaluation

Growth is there, but it’s coming mainly from mining and agriculture, and much less from the job-intensive sectors—manufacturing—because they’ve also been open to competition now.

“Growth is there, but it’s coming mainly from mining and agriculture, and much less from the job-intensive sectors—manufacturing—because they’ve also been open to competition now.”
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04 / belief

In the case of Europe, the way I think about it is, if they can get increasingly to the goal of actually being truly integrated in terms of their product markets, have much less regulation that prevents trade across the borders of countries, then in that case, these are the benefits from having that.

“In the case of Europe, the way I think about it is, if they can get increasingly to the goal of actually being truly integrated in terms of their product markets, have much less regulation that prevents trade across the borders of countries, then in that case, these are the benefits from having that.”
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05 / belief

I think what the Milei administration has done very well compared to the previous administrations is recognize that the problem was fiscal, that as long as Argentina was running the kinds of deficits that they were doing and using monetary financing, basically money printing to pay for it, there was no possibility of getting out of this trap.

“I think what the Milei administration has done very well compared to the previous administrations is recognize that the problem was fiscal, that as long as Argentina was running the kinds of deficits that they were doing and using monetary financing, basically money printing to pay for it, there was no possibility of getting out of this trap.”
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07 / belief

I would say that I think that’s good because, first of all, there is no panacea in terms of saying just because you’re dollarized, you are safe, or you’re a well-managed country.

“I would say that I think that’s good because, first of all, there is no panacea in terms of saying just because you’re dollarized, you are safe, or you’re a well-managed country.”
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08 / evaluation

Basically, the quantity of trade is inversely proportional to the distance of countries once you adjust for incomes and some other matters. That seems to be another case where the relative price doesn’t matter that much because few people think the gravity equation is about transportation costs.

“Basically, the quantity of trade is inversely proportional to the distance of countries once you adjust for incomes and some other matters. That seems to be another case where the relative price doesn’t matter that much because few people think the gravity equation is about transportation costs.”
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10 / belief

To assume that on a year-to-year basis that if a country is running a trade balance deficit, it should necessarily have a weaker real exchange rate, I think making that tight link would be problematic not just from the theory, but from the theory side and from the empirical side.

“To assume that on a year-to-year basis that if a country is running a trade balance deficit, it should necessarily have a weaker real exchange rate, I think making that tight link would be problematic not just from the theory, but from the theory side and from the empirical side.”
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11 / belief

I think that’s something that they could do much faster because if they did that, yes, they would get some more depreciation, but it would be still well within the crawling band.

“I think that’s something that they could do much faster because if they did that, yes, they would get some more depreciation, but it would be still well within the crawling band.”
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