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Reflections on currency regimes: the uncertainty of the dollar's future role.
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The International Economy
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March 22, 2008
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Ten years ago, in the aftermath of the Asian-Russian-LTCM crisis, I was invited by Paul Volcker to prepare a report for the Group of Thirty on "G3 Exchange Rate Relationships: A Review of the Record and of Proposals for Change." Readers of TIE will recall, during that turbulent time, there was widespread (but certainly not unanimous) dissatisfaction with the prevailing regime of managed floating exchange rates among the G3--comprised of the United States, Germany (now the eurozone), and Japan. It was said by many that G3 exchange rates were not well-anchored by fundamentals and were excessively volatile.
As a consequence, the critics believed, the post-Bretton Woods status ...
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