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The practice of central bank intervention: looking under the hood

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Christopher J. Neely

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This article first reviews methods of foreign exchange intervention and then presents evidence - focusing on survey results - on the mechanics of such intervention. Types of intervention, instruments, timing, amounts, motivation, secrecy and perceptions of efficacy are discussed.

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Paper provided by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in its series Working Papers with number 2000-028.

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Date of creation: 2000
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Publication status: Published in Central Banking, November 2000. Reprinted Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 83(3), May/June 2001, pp. 1-10.
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Keywords: Banks and banking Central Foreign exchange Monetary policy

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  2. Christopher J. Neely, 2002. "The temporal pattern of trading rule returns and central bank intervention: intervention does not generate technical trading rule profits," Working Papers 2000-018, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. [Downloadable!]
  3. De Long, J Bradford & Andrei Shleifer & Lawrence H. Summers & Robert J. Waldmann, 1990. "Noise Trader Risk in Financial Markets," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 98(4), pages 703-38, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Suk-Joong Kim & Jeffrey Sheen, . "The Determinants of Foreign Exchange Intervention by Central Banks: Evidence from Australia," Working Papers 9919, University of Sydney, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Stephen W. Salant, 1974. "Profitable speculation, price stability, and welfare," International Finance Discussion Papers 54, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
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