Article: New York Federal Reserve Bank fosters market stability. (foreign exchange markets)

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NEW YORK FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FOSTERS MARKET STABILITY

/ADVANCE/NEW YORK, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- United States monetary authorities in August and September sold $2.136 billion in the foreign exchange markets to resist the dollar's rise. Later, in October, they bought $200 million to limit the dollar's decline.

The operations were designed to foster market stability and generally were coordinated with other central banks, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Wednesday.

The sales of $2.136 billion consisted of sales of $1.806 billion for German marks between Aug. 5 and ...

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