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Foreign exchange intervention and central bank independence: the Latin American experience

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  • Mauricio Nunes
  • Sergio Da Silva

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Employing data from 13 Latin American countries, we find that greater central bank independence is associated with lesser intervention in the foreign exchange market, and also with leaning-against-the-wind intervention. We also find that the structural reforms that occurred in Latin America mostly in the 1990s helped to reduce the need for foreign exchange intervention.

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  • Mauricio Nunes & Sergio Da Silva, 2008. "Foreign exchange intervention and central bank independence: the Latin American experience," Applied Financial Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(5), pages 379-382.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:raflxx:v:4:y:2008:i:5:p:379-382
    DOI: 10.1080/17446540701735996
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