-LRB-...) But a new paper by former senior U.S. Federal Reserve economist Joseph Gagnon
says currency intervention — when a government forcibly lowers the value of their exchange rate — has an impact on other economies several times larger than originally thought.
Not exact matches
The yen's ascent to 15 - month highs has triggered verbal
intervention from policymakers including Finance Minister Taro Aso, who
said he would «respond appropriately» to
currency fluctuations.
China's central bank likely spent about $ 90 billion worth of reserves in
currency interventions in January, leading to net capital outflows of about $ 113 billion from China during the month, the Institute for International Finance
said on Tuesday.
Bernanke also provided a key insight into how central banks view cryptocurrencies like bitcoin,
saying, «Bitcoin is meant to be an attempt to replace fiat
currencies and evade government regulation and government
intervention.»
In a highly unusual
intervention for a civil servant, Treasury permanent secretary Nicholas MacPherson signed and released a public letter to Osborne
saying he would «advise strongly against a
currency union as currently advocated».
He
said apart from these social
intervention programmes, the NPP administration also transformed the economy «by improving on our
currency, the strength of our cedi, the banking system and the private sector making sure that the environment was good for businesses to flourish.»
Masters
says that the key reason for such a fast adoption of digital
currencies is its decentralized way of operation without any
intervention from the central banks.
«Any of the pieces we sell can still be purchased via conventional fiat
currency, but purchasing via cryptocurrency enables buyers to purchase peer - to - peer, person - to - person, without the
intervention of a centralized authority,» Dadiani
said.