Transparency in Central Bank Operations in the Foreign Exchange Market /

Transparency in the economic sphere involves making public sector action visible and understandable to the private sector. Transparency in central bank operations can be seen a complement to the greater transparency being established in policy formulation. Among the most important areas in this rega...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Enoch, Charles
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Series:IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1998/002
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:Transparency in the economic sphere involves making public sector action visible and understandable to the private sector. Transparency in central bank operations can be seen a complement to the greater transparency being established in policy formulation. Among the most important areas in this regard and the central bank's operations in the foreign exchange market. This paper looks at the respective roles of overt and covert foreign exchange market operations, and considers that each may be appropriate under particular conditions. Reconciling covert operations with transparency requires rules for full disclosure with as short a lag as possible.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (24 pages)
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ISSN:1934-7456
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