Condition for a Stable Real Exchange Rate
For a country's international competitiveness to remain constant, its real exchange rate must be stable, meaning its rate of change is zero. Based on the formula for the rate of change of competitiveness, this stability condition is met only when the sum of the nominal depreciation rate () and the inflation differential () is approximately zero:
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