Managing in the middle: Characterizing Singapore's exchange rate policy

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-342

  Cavoli, Tony ^a   Rajan, Ramkishen S ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Band basket crawl arrangement; Managed float; Monetary policy rules; Reserves; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC PLANNING; EXCHANGE RATE; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; POLICY STRATEGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34948857428     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2007.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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