Exchange Rate Regime Considerations in an Oil Economy: The Case of the Islamic Republic of Iran

March 4, 2003

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Summary

This paper provides a brief overview of the evolution of exchange rate policy in the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1993 to 2002 and reviews the basic criteria for the choice of the exchange rate regime in the medium term. The analysis highlights the merits of an intermediate regime which would allow the authorities to smooth out excessive short-term exchange rate fluctuations while letting nominal exchange rate movements facilitate real exchange rate adjustments called for by major oil price shocks.

Subject: Currency markets, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rate flexibility, Exchange rates, Financial markets, Foreign exchange, Real exchange rates

Keywords: choice in the context, Currency markets, exchange rate, Exchange rate arrangements, exchange rate difference, Exchange rate flexibility, exchange rate movement, exchange rate peg, exchange rate regime, exchange rate volatility, Exchange rates, fixed-but-adjustable rate regime, Iran, market, nominal exchange rate, oil, price, rate, real exchange rate, Real exchange rates, system of the Islamic Republic of Iran, TSE rate, WP

Pages:
18
Volume:
2003
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451844405.001
Issue:
026
Series:
Working Paper No. 2003/026
Stock No:
WPIEA0262003
ISBN:
9781451844405
ISSN:
1018-5941

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