ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

FOREIGN CURRENCY MARKETS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dirty float is another term for ____
A
flexible float
B
managed float
C
illegal float
D
par value
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A managed floating exchange rate (also known as dirty float’) is an exchange rate regime in which the exchange rate is neither entirely free (or floating) nor fixed. Rather, the value of the currency is kept in a range against another currency (or against a basket of currencies) by central bank intervention.

Detailed explanation-2: -A dirty float is a floating exchange rate where a country’s central bank occasionally intervenes to change the direction or the pace of change of a country’s currency value. A dirty float is also known as a “managed float."

Detailed explanation-3: -Managed float regime is an international financial environment in which exchange rates fluctuate from day to day, but central banks attempt to influence their countries’ exchange rates by buying and selling currencies to maintain a certain range. The peg used is known as a crawling peg.

Detailed explanation-4: -A clean float, also known as a pure exchange rate, occurs when the value of a currency, or its exchange rate, is determined purely by supply and demand in the market. A clean float is the opposite of a dirty float, which occurs when government rules or laws affect the pricing of currency.

Detailed explanation-5: -determine its exchange rate: a free float, in which the exchange rate for a country’s currency is determined by the supply and demand of that currency on the international currency markets; a managed float, in which a country’s monetary officials will occasionally intervene in international currency markets to buy or…

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