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Exchange rate management in a balance of payments crisis : the Guyana and Jamaica experience.

By:

BENNETT, Karl M

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 1992Action note:

3/7/00 M2LMGR

Summary: Argues that because of the unique characteristics of the balance of payments crisis in Guyana and Jamaica, the magnitude of the excess demand for foreign exchange at the prevailing exchange rate is an inappropriate guide to the extent of the devaluation required to correct currency overvaluation. Presents a case for a fixed exchange rate regime.

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Argues that because of the unique characteristics of the balance of payments crisis in Guyana and Jamaica, the magnitude of the excess demand for foreign exchange at the prevailing exchange rate is an inappropriate guide to the extent of the devaluation required to correct currency overvaluation. Presents a case for a fixed exchange rate regime.

3/7/00 M2LMGR

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