The impact of exchange rate changes on Algeria's current account (1986-2018)

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the impact of changes in the exchange rate of the Algerian dinar -as one of tools economic policy- on the current account to the balance of payments, and the relationship between them, during the period 1986-2018, this stage that Algeria has witnessed several changes in the area of exchange policy, in Addition to the results and changes that have affected the balance of the current account and its various components. Based on the statistical and standard tools used in the study, it concluded that the changes in the current account were not due to exchange rate changes, but to other factors. Therefore, the desired objectives of the devaluation of the Algerian dinar have not been achieved, this is due to lack of conditions for its success, and also the standard results concluded that there is long-term equilibrium relationship between them. But it is of Low impact