Foreign Currency Deposits and International Liquidity Shortages in Pakistan /

This paper studies the implications of foreign currency deposits (FCDs) for international liquidity shortages in Pakistan. The analysis focuses on how the large volume of FCDs and the specific institutional characteristics of those deposits have made the Pakistan economy highly vulnerable to exogeno...

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Main Author: Mirakhor, Abbas
Other Authors: Zaidi, Iqbal
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/167
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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