Fixed Exchange Rates and the Autonomy of Monetary Policy: The Franc Zone Case
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WP; base money; money supply; franc zone; currency boards; monetary policy; fixed exchange rate; monetary policy autonomy; foreign reserve target; tightened monetary policy; foreign reserve threshold; zone member; monetary policy threshold; Monetary base; International reserves; Exchange rates; Conventional peg; Caribbean; West Africa;All these keywords.
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