Holdings: Currency Wars Yesterday and Today

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Currency Wars Yesterday and Today

An energetic debate on the danger of a global currency war has flared up in recent months, stoked by a renewed move to 'quantitative easing' in the United States, resurgent capital flows to developing countries and strong upward pressure...

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Main Authors:	Brahmbhatt, Milan, Canuto, Otaviano, Ghosh, Swati
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS ADVANCED COUNTRY AGGREGATE DEMAND ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AUTONOMOUS MONETARY POLICY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANKING SECTOR BANKRUPTCIES BOND BOND SPREADS BOND YIELDS CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITAL CONTROL CAPITAL CONTROLS CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANKS COLLATERAL COMPETITIVE DEVALUATION COMPETITIVE DEVALUATIONS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION CORE INFLATION CORPORATE PROFITS CREDIBILITY CREDIT RATIONING CREDIT SPREADS CREDITORS CURRENCY CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT DEBT DEBTS DEFLATION DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISINFLATION DOMESTIC BONDS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC REVIEW EMERGING MARKET EMERGING-MARKET EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY EXPORTS EXTERNAL BORROWING FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL FRAGILITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STABILITY FISCAL POLICY FIXED EXCHANGE RATE FIXED EXCHANGE RATE PEG FIXED EXCHANGE RATE REGIME FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET FULL EMPLOYMENT GDP GLOBAL CURRENCY GLOBAL DEMAND GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY GLOBAL IMBALANCES GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GOLD GOLD STANDARD GOVERNMENT BONDS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POLICY GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH VOLATILITY HIGH INFLATION IMBALANCES IMPLICIT SUBSIDY IMPORT INDEPENDENT MONETARY POLICIES INDEPENDENT MONETARY POLICY INFLATION EXPECTATIONS INFLATION RATE INFLATIONARY EXPECTATIONS INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE POLICY INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE SPREADS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LIBERALIZATION LIBERALIZATIONS LIMITED EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY LIQUIDITY LOCAL MARKETS LONG-TERM GOVERNMENT SECURITIES LONG-TERM INTEREST LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES LOSS OF COMPETITIVENESS MACRO POLICY MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MARKET COUNTRIES MATURITIES MATURITY MATURITY STRUCTURE MONETARY AUTONOMY MONETARY ECONOMICS MONETARY FUND MONETARY POLICY MONETARY POLICY AUTONOMY MONEY GROWTH MONEY SUPPLY MULTILATERAL TRADE NOMINAL INTEREST RATE NOMINAL INTEREST RATES OPEN CAPITAL ACCOUNT OPEN CAPITAL ACCOUNTS OUTPUT OUTPUT GAPS POLICY OPTIONS POLICY REFORM POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY POTENTIAL OUTPUT POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE STABILITY PROTECTIONISM REAL EXCHANGE REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT REAL INTEREST REAL INTEREST RATES RECESSION REGULATORY REFORM RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RETURN SAFETY NETS SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATE SHORTFALL SPECULATIVE BUBBLES STRUCTURAL POLICIES TAX TRADABLE GOODS TRADE DEFICIT TRADE POLICY TRADING TRADING PARTNERS TREASURY TREASURY BONDS UNEMPLOYMENT UPWARD PRESSURE VOLATILITY VOLUME OF FLOWS WAGES WORLD TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/13216674/currency-wars-yesterday-today http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10116

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/13216674/currency-wars-yesterday-today
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10116