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Exchange rate management in a balance of payments crisis : the Guyana and Jamaica experience. (Record no. 44608)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name BENNETT, Karl M.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Exchange rate management in a balance of payments crisis : the Guyana and Jamaica experience.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1992
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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.
583 ## - ACTION NOTE
Time/date of action 3/7/00
Action agent M2LMGR
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Koha item type Analytic

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