Introduction Today’s column wraps up my reflections on the fierce controversies over the price deflator, CPI that is applied to calculate the country’s real effective exchange rate, REER. Guyana’s CPI has been widely criticized for being constructed on 1] …

… any serious depth with debt, exchange rate regimes, monetary policy, macroeconomic policy and … exchange rate, REER; and the exchange rate regime in the sections to follow.

… positive role that the free exchange rate regime had in withstanding shocks and …

Governor of the Bank of Albania, Gent Sejko, recently met with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Anke Weber, IMF Mission Chief for Albania. The IMF’s visit, part of the Article IV consultations, included discussions on Albania’s economic …

… has switched to a free exchange rate regime based on market factors. …

Ten percent of the USD 3.4 billion that the IMF demonstrated through the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) instrument would be released by the fund to assist Ethiopia’s economic reform initiative. Recall that when the reform was announced, the IMF disbursed …

… , the adoption of a floating exchange rate regime stands out. This shift, coupled … transition to a market-determined exchange rate regime. While such a move is …

… intention to adopt a new exchange rate regime that links the country’s … reserves to anchor their respective exchange rate regimes. MA/NOQ

… transition to a more flexible exchange rate regime, initiated in January 2018, continued …