01927cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004492 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451864960 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Tsangarides, Charalambos. FEER for the CFA Franc / Charalambos Tsangarides, Yasser Abdih. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (40 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We apply the fundamentals equilibrium exchange rate (FEER) approach and the Johansen cointegration methodology to investigate the behavior of the real effective exchange rates of the two monetary unions of the CFA franc zone (CEMAC and WAEMU) vis-a-vis their long-run equilibrium paths. For both CEMAC and WAEMU, our results indicate that: (i) the fundamentals account for most of the fluctuation of the real effective exchange rates, with increases in the terms of trade, government consumption, and productivity improvements causing the exchange rate to appreciate, and increases in investment and openness leading to a depreciation; (ii) at end-2005 both the CEMAC and WAEMU real effective exchange rates were broadly in line with their long-run equilibrium values; and (iii) following a shock, reversion to equilibrium is twice as fast in WAEMU than in CEMAC. Mode of access: Internet Abdih, Yasser. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/236 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/236/001.2006.issue-236-en.xml IMF e-Library