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A government mandates a fixed exchange rate - also known as a pegged exchange rate - for its currency when it bases the exchange value on another country's currency, gold or a different asset. If the ...

For an economist interested in examining the evolution of monetary and exchange rate regimes, Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) provides a habitat of unparalleled diversity. Almost ...

After many years in which the US consistently pushed China to move in the direction of a market-determined exchange rate, the Trump Administration is now pushing China to effectively fix its exchange ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. But it sure seems like the US trade deficit is heading down against those parts of ...

The U.S.-China trade war and anti-Beijing protests in Hong Kong are testing the strength of the Hong Kong dollar’s 36-year peg to the U.S. dollar, which has helped make it an attractive market for ...

On July 21, 2005 Chinese monetary policy makers surprised the country’s trade partners by revaluing the yuan 2.1% higher against the dollar, ending a fixed exchange-rate regime that angered officials ...

The fixed exchange rate policy pursued by GCC countries’ has led to financial and monetary stability, according to HE the Qatar Central Bank Governor, Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud al-Thani. He ...

Qatar, which is heavily integrated into world energy markets, benefits from a fixed exchange regime; and interest rates are expected to remain high as the US inflation remains far from being resolved, ...