Bank of Israel study on risk premium shows correlation to laxity of exchange rate regime The public's perception of risk in the shekel-dollar exchange rate has climbed in recent years, due in part to ...

Exchange rates play a crucial role in the global economy, influencing trade, investment, and economic stability. Understanding the various measurements and regimes of exchange rates is essential for ...

The Economic Issues series was inaugurated in September 1996. Its aim is to make some of the economic research being produced in the International Monetary Fund on topical issues accessible to a broad ...

Many economists argue that a flexible exchange rate regime is preferable to a fixed exchange rate regime because it helps to insulate the domestic economy from adverse external shocks. For example, ...

This paper assesses the stabilization properties of fixed versus flexible exchange rate regimes and aims to answer this research question: Does greater exchange rate flexibility help an economy’s ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Lebanon’s currency peg to the dollar has come under scrutiny after two weeks of widespread protests over corruption in the heavily indebted country which has descended into a deep ...

This Economic Letter is based on a presentation Mark Spiegel prepared for a panel on “Optimal Currency Arrangements for Emerging Market Economies: The Experience of Latin America and Asia,” organized ...

Nigeria operates a multiple exchange rate regime, which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has defended. But the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has faulted the multiple exchange rate regime and ...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigeria’s exchange rate regime remains a subject of concern which needs to be redressed. Osinbajo expressed this view in his address at the opening of the 28th ...

China’s exchange rate regime has undergone gradual reform. After announcing the move away from a fixed exchange rate in July 2005, China began taking regular steps towards a more flexible currency, ...

LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Tumbling commodity prices, slowing growth and gaping fiscal holes have forced many countries to loosen or scrap their currency pegs and pressure is mounting on those that ...