Technical analysis and central bank intervention

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 949-970

  Neely, Christopher J ^a   Weller, Paul A ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central bank; Exchange rate; Genetic programming; Intervention; Technical analysis; Trading rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035623776     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(01)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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