Fixed Exchange Rate

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Apr 2009
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Whenever the Jamaican dollar comes under pressure, there typically results a public debate as to whether the country should change its currency regime to some form of fixed exchange-rate or dollarisation. The recent experience of depreciation vis-à-vis the US dollar has been no exception. To inform this discussion, the Caribbean Policy Research Institute did a short study of the options facing the country in this respect.

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Jamaica cannot defend a fixed exchange rate
Foreign Exchange Regimes fixed or flexible
Think tank says No to fixed exchange rate Debate
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The Question of a Fixed Exchange Rate for Jamaica- Part 1 of 13
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The Question of a Fixed Exchange Rate for Jamaica- Part 10 of 13
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The Question of a Fixed Exchange Rate for Jamaica- Part 13 of 13