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 investigates the impact of natural disasters on exchange rate movements in different country groups with different exchange rate regimes. Using a panel local projection model with a ...

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 ...

CAIRO, March 9 (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that with tens of billions of dollars in new financing from the United Arab Emirates and the International Monetary ...

Swan, who is visiting China before heading to Japan for a meeting of Asia-Pacific finance ministers, made the comment when asked if Canberra would push Beijing to allow the yuan to rise at the Group ...

The rupee is not sliding because the economy is weak. It is adjusting because external conditions have shifted more abruptly ...

COLOMBO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday welcomed Sri Lanka's policy shift towards a flexible exchange rate, saying it will help contain the trade deficit and ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. It is a given in polite economic society that China should move toward a more ...

Egypt is “serious” about applying a flexible foreign-exchange rate, a senior International Monetary Fund official told Arabic TV channel Asharq, as the Mideast’s most populous nation works to restore ...

Starting in the 1990s – and faster since 2000 – emerging-market economies floated their currencies, hoping to insulate themselves from external shocks and gain the ability to set interest rates ...

The ongoing drop oil-prices is being cushioned by the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN’s) flexible foreign exchange (FX) regime, ...

CAIRO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Egypt's pound weakened by more than 13% to a new low below 32 to the U.S. dollar on Wednesday as the central bank moved to a more flexible exchange rate under the terms of an ...