Occasional Papers

Issues in the Assessment of the Exchange Rates of Industrial Countries

July 8, 1984

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Issues in the Assessment of the Exchange Rates of Industrial Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1984) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

In its surveillance activities, the Fund is frequently confronted with the difficult problem of how to identify exchange rate behavior that is unrelated to underlying economic and financial conditions and, consequently, should be viewed with concern from a national or international standpoint. This paper considers the various issues related to this problem as it pertains to industrial countries, both those that have independently floating exchange rates and those that operate under other exchange arrangements.

Subject: Balance of payments, Current account, Current account balance, Exchange rates, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Labor, Labor costs, Real effective exchange rates, Real interest rates

Keywords: Current account, Current account balance, Current account position, Eastern Europe, Exchange rate, Exchange rates, Fund staff, Global, Labor costs, Market, Market participant, Merit emphasis, OP, Real interest rate differential, Real interest rates

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    35

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Occasional Paper No. 1984/004

  • Stock No:

    S029EA0000000

  • ISBN:

    9781557750761

  • ISSN:

    0251-6365