This paper reviews recent experience with the choice of floating or fixed (“anchor ... of the choice of exchange regime with macroeconomic performance, inflation in particular. Stability of the ...

will increase the inflationary effects of monetary disequilibria under a floating exchange rate system and will reduce the effect of a devaluation of a usually fixed exchange rate. When a real ...

I want to discuss Canada's experiences—both positive and negative—in moving from a fixed to a floating exchange rate regime, and our subsequent search for a monetary policy anchor. In doing so, I hope ...

Under the current global floating exchange range system (more on that soon), currency fluctuations result from the forces of supply and demand on a global scale. In short: Exchange rates compare ...

That effectively paved the way to the end of the Bretton Woods system and allowed the dollar and other currencies to freely trade against each other. A floating exchange rate system was adopted in ...

This was down from 6.5 per US dollar at the start of the year, under the floating exchange rate system. Shops began to quote prices in US dollars and refused to accept Hong Kong dollar notes.

Following the collapse of the Smithsonian exchange rate system, IMF members met in Jamaica to agree on a new international monetary framework. The Jamaica Agreement abolished gold as a reserve asset ...

The long-suffering currency will start on a new exchange rate regime on Monday after the government ... surely head toward the upper end of the (floating) band, and that's where exporters will ...

Inflation risk With increased reserves, the government is betting on introducing a floating exchange rate regime that will fluctuate without intervention from the Central Bank. Given that the ...

Oil prices fell on Monday after oil-producing group OPEC+ agreed to accelerate oil production increases, while Taiwan's ...