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Intervention as information: a survey

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  • Richard T. Baillie
  • Owen F. Humpage
  • William P. Osterberg

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Research has generally failed to find reliable connections between official exchange-market interventions and exchange rates that are consistent with either a monetary or a portfolio-balance theory of exchange-rate determination. Recently economists have suggested that intervention might sometimes influence exchange rates through its effects on agents? expectations. This survey discusses newer research that analyzes informational aspects of intervention.

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  • Richard T. Baillie & Owen F. Humpage & William P. Osterberg, 1999. "Intervention as information: a survey," Working Papers (Old Series) 9918, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcwp:9918
    DOI: 10.26509/frbc-wp-199918
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