Currency Board Versus Central Bank In A Currency Crisis

From June 1997 till presently had been a period of economic turmoil for many part s of the Asian region . There has been experiences of economic overheating ,inflation , deficit balance of payments , rising interest rates coupled with the downward spiral of the stock markets and currency devaluat...

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Main Author: Ho, Kenneth Tet Meng
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Language:English
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Published: 1998
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description From June 1997 till presently had been a period of economic turmoil for many part s of the Asian region . There has been experiences of economic overheating ,inflation , deficit balance of payments , rising interest rates coupled with the downward spiral of the stock markets and currency devaluations. This has brought about numerous debates on the causes and remedies of this crisis. Among them are the usefulness of the currency board regime in regulating the exchange rates of the countries involved. This is an alternative system to the present regime of central banks in managing the countries' money supply. The currency board basically is a monetary regime whereby the exchange rate of the country a s fixed with a chosen anchor currency whereby all its money supply must be 100% backed by its foreign reserves. The central bank system employs the floating exchange rate which has been unsuccessful in warding off speculations on the currency. Further many other disadvantage swill be discussed in this thesis. This thesis discuss the comparative characteristics between the currency board and the central bank monetary regime in all its advantages and disadvantages. An attempt is made to define the currency board and the central bank and the many versions associated with them. (Le., classical , modern and A E L-Argentina, Lithuania , Estonia -model) A closely related concept to the currency board , namely dollarization is also discussed.
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spelling upm-120242012-10-30T04:55:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12024/ Currency Board Versus Central Bank In A Currency Crisis Ho, Kenneth Tet Meng From June 1997 till presently had been a period of economic turmoil for many part s of the Asian region . There has been experiences of economic overheating ,inflation , deficit balance of payments , rising interest rates coupled with the downward spiral of the stock markets and currency devaluations. This has brought about numerous debates on the causes and remedies of this crisis. Among them are the usefulness of the currency board regime in regulating the exchange rates of the countries involved. This is an alternative system to the present regime of central banks in managing the countries' money supply. The currency board basically is a monetary regime whereby the exchange rate of the country a s fixed with a chosen anchor currency whereby all its money supply must be 100% backed by its foreign reserves. The central bank system employs the floating exchange rate which has been unsuccessful in warding off speculations on the currency. Further many other disadvantage swill be discussed in this thesis. This thesis discuss the comparative characteristics between the currency board and the central bank monetary regime in all its advantages and disadvantages. An attempt is made to define the currency board and the central bank and the many versions associated with them. (Le., classical , modern and A E L-Argentina, Lithuania , Estonia -model) A closely related concept to the currency board , namely dollarization is also discussed. 1998-08 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12024/1/GSM_1998_12_A.pdf Ho, Kenneth Tet Meng (1998) Currency Board Versus Central Bank In A Currency Crisis. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Currency boards Banks and banking, Central English
spellingShingle Currency boards
Banks and banking, Central
Ho, Kenneth Tet Meng
Currency Board Versus Central Bank In A Currency Crisis
title Currency Board Versus Central Bank In A Currency Crisis
title_full Currency Board Versus Central Bank In A Currency Crisis
title_fullStr Currency Board Versus Central Bank In A Currency Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Currency Board Versus Central Bank In A Currency Crisis
title_short Currency Board Versus Central Bank In A Currency Crisis
title_sort currency board versus central bank in a currency crisis
topic Currency boards
Banks and banking, Central
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12024/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12024/1/GSM_1998_12_A.pdf