How Would You Define a Currency Board

question 18

Multiple Choice

How would you define a currency board?

• A) the process by which non-pegged interest rates are allowed to fluctuate
• B) the stockpiling of international reserves by developing countries
• C) using the dollar to carry out all domestic transactions, making the domestic currency a currency in name alone
• D) a constraint placed on monetary policy
• E) The monetary base is backed entirely by foreign currency and the central bank holds no domestic assets.

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