Currency Boards: Issues and Experiences

September 1, 1994

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Adam Bennett. Currency Boards: Issues and Experiences, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1994) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This paper discusses some of the issues that concern the operation of currency boards, by comparison to conventional exchange rate pegs, and looks at the experiences of three examples of this type of arrangement: Argentina (from 1991), Hong Kong (from 1983) and Estonia (from 1992). In all three cases, the implementation of currency boards or equivalent arrangements played a significant role in their successful stabilization programs. Currency boards derive their strength from the fact that they severely constrain the policy maker’s room for manoeuvre, by comparison to conventional pegs. They generally require an even stricter and less forgiving attitude to bank failure, wage and price rigidities and other disturbances than do exchange rate pegs in general. This is a Paper on Policy Analysis and Assessment and the author(s) would welcome any comments on the present text. Citations should refer to a Paper on Policy Analysis and Assessment of the international Monetary Fund mentioning the author(s) and the date of issuance. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the Fund.

Subject: Banking, Central banks, Commercial banks, Currencies, Currency boards, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Foreign exchange, Money, Open market operations

Keywords: Baltics, Bank notes, Base money liability, Commercial bank, Commercial banks, Currencies, Currency, Currency bank notes, Currency board, Currency boards, Estonian currency board, Exchange arrangement, Exchange rate, Exchange rates, Hong Kong dollar, Hong Kong exchange arrangement, Interest rate, Open market operations, PDP, Peg currency

Publication Details

Pages:

36
Volume:

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Series:

Policy Discussion Paper No. 1994/018
Stock No:

PPIEA0181994
ISBN:

9781451965056
ISSN:

1564-5193

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