floating exchange rate
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As it turned out, the end of Bretton Woods resolved the balance-of-payments problem since under a floating exchange rate system the balance always nets to zero.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
While, in response to past allegations of unfairly controlling its currency's value, it's said it's committed to implementing a floating exchange rate regime, based on market supply and demand, but managed where necessary.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
By mid-session, it was trading at 1,485 to the dollar -- just three cents shy of the outer limit of the floating exchange rate band announced by the government.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Last December, the government secured a second IMF deal on the promise of implementing economic reforms, including a floating exchange rate.
From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2023
The three pillars of the economic program are a floating exchange rate, an inflation-targeting regime, and tight fiscal policy, all reinforced by a series of IMF programs.
From The 2005 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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