A new look at an old question: Should countries fix, float, or choose something in between? A PERENNIAL question in international economics—whether in academia or in policy circles—concerns the ...

The Economic Issues series was inaugurated in September 1996. Its aim is to make some of the economic research being produced in the International Monetary Fund on topical issues accessible to a broad ...

The Argentine government announced today a sweeping overhaul of its foreign exchange regime, set to take effect on Monday, ...

The question on every trader's lips in Argentina: How much will the peso be worth on Monday morning? The long-suffering ...

The Jamaica Agreement abolished gold as a reserve asset and formalised the floating exchange rate system that survives to this day. Countries around the world have since chosen their own method of ...

I want to discuss Canada's experiences—both positive and negative—in moving from a fixed to a floating exchange rate regime, and our subsequent search for a monetary policy anchor. In doing so, I hope ...

Argentina's government eases years-long currency controls Peso can float freely between ... The long-suffering currency will start on a new exchange rate regime on Monday after the government ...