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managed currency
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managed currency
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a currency that is subject to governmental control with respect to the amount in circulation and the rate of exchange with other currencies


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Given the recent environment of rhetoric about 'currency wars', unilateral intervention in foreign exchange markets and the introduction of policies to limit capital flow, there has been a lot of attention focused on what can be expected from this weekend's meetings," said Barclays Capital would follow suit with a second round of what is known as quantitative easing -- notably the pruchase of bonds and other assets vowed to loosen its grip on the unit in June.
It also said that it would buy corporate bonds as well as currencies in its first solo intervention in foreign exchange markets since 1992.
Italian economic and finance ministers have appealed for help to the European Union and the ECB, while ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet has hinted at the possibility of a cut in European interest rates and even direct intervention in foreign exchange markets.
 
 
 
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