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Central bank intervention The buying or selling of currency, foreign or domestic, by central banks in order to influence market conditions or exchange rate movements. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Central bank intervention to maintain the dollar peg caused the accumulated foreign exchange reserves of the Asian economies to rise from $543 billion at the end of 2000 to $917 billion as of September 2004, a total increase of $374 billion. Fiscal deficits and a fixed exchange rate maintained by Central Bank intervention in monetary markets keep interest rates high. Many market participants ascribed the dollar's burst of strength to rumors of central bank intervention or market inquiries by monetary officials. |
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