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Exchange Rate Regimes and Economic Stability
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2010-1-29-43
Abstract
The Bank of Russia intends to introduce inflation targeting policy and exchange rate free floating regime in three years. Exogenous shocks absorption which stabilizes the real sector of economy is usually considered to be one of the advantages of free floating exchange rate policy. However, our research based on the analysis of 25 world largest economies exchange rates and industrial production during the crisis of 2008-2009 does not confirm this hypothesis. The article also analyzes additional risks associated with free floating exchange rate regime in Russia and presents some arguments in favor of managed floating exchange rate regime.
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S. Smirnov
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Smirnov S. Exchange Rate Regimes and Economic Stability. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2010;(1):29-43. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2010-1-29-43
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