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FOREIGN EXCHANGE AUCTION [2 records]

Record 1 2002-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
CONT

To combat inflation, the authorities reintroduced price control, replaced the foreign exchange auction system with an administrative allocation of foreign exchange at an appreciated fixed exchange rate, and reduced interest rates to substantially below market-clearing levels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
CONT

Pour combattre l'inflation, les autorités ont réintroduit le contrôle des prix, remplace les adjudications de devises par un système d'allocation administrative des devises à un taux de change fixe plus élevé et ramené les taux d'intérêt à des niveaux très sensiblement inférieurs au taux d'équilibre du marché.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

Auction of foreign currency, as used in some developing countries, whereby the price obtained for the foreign currency at the auction is the rate of exchange applied until the next auction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

Procedimiento de limitación de las importaciones, consiste en la restricción impuesta por las autoridades del país, que dejan en el mercado menos cantidad de divisas de las que precisan los importadores, con lo cual se encarecerá el precio de las mismas y llegarán a desistir de la importación pues, con los precios resultantes, conviene más comerciar productos nacionales.

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