Foreign exchange intervention

Foreign exchange intervention

by Geert J. Almekinders

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Central bank intervention in foreign currency markets is widely regarded as ineffective by economists, policy makers and financiers, yet many central banks continue to enter the market in periods of turbulence. In Foreign Exchange Intervention, Geert Almekinders explains why central banks continue to carry out foreign exchange interventions despite their poor track record. Foreign Exchange Intervention will be welcomed by academic researchers and students, as well as economists and analysts in the financial sector, for its comprehensive surveys of previous scholarship, the use of hitherto unavailable data from the Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve, and the policy conclusions which derive from the book's theoretical and empirical insights.

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    How does Almekinders’ central paradox—that central banks continue an interventionist practice despite widespread consensus on its ineffectiveness—challenge your own understanding of how economic systems operate in the real world?

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    In what ways does the tension between academic economic theory and the practical realities faced by policymakers manifest in other areas of finance or decision-making that you have observed?

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    Given the use of previously unavailable data from the Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve in this book, how important do you think insider data and institutional transparency are for accurately understanding large-scale global systems?

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