A foreign exchange intervention in an era of restraint

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 303-324

  Neely, Christopher J ^a  

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

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EID: 80052564444     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.93.302-324     Document Type: Article

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