Instead, our limit the swings strategy implies that, as the exchange rate moves further away from parity, central banks should intervene.

Every month, the central bank should announce its estimate of a range of parity values, backed by analysis, which, unlike a precise value, reflects the inherent imperfection of knowledge concerning a currency s parity.

The situation improved slightly after the Central Bank lowered the interest rate.

Belgium followed the mainly French monetarist school, while the Netherlands shared Germany s preference for economic convergence before committing to exchange rate parity.

The exchange rate criterion could be assessed later on the basis of a narrower band, as the European Commission proposes, although a limit of 6 fluctuation on either side of the central parity seems more reasonable than 2.25 .

Those recoveries were also helped by interest rate reductions by the central bank.

But China s abandonment of the yuan s traditional parity in July 2005 rules out a new, credibly fixed exchange rate strategy for some time.

The perception of military parity has altered.

Yes, the euro can tend toward dollar parity.

A similar parity characterized the Bush Putin era.

GDP figures are calculated at purchasing power parity.

According to the followers of Knut Wicksell, the central bank must keep the market rate of interest near the natural rate of interest.

(d) Holding the subregional consultation on the theme Parity and development participation of the Central African woman at Douala from 28 to 30 May 2002

The contribution rate for the Central Provident Fund is now 34.5 for people with higher incomes.

The illiteracy rate is 68 in Central African Republic, 57 in India, 16 in South Africa.

Relating the riskiness of holding an open position in a currency market to the exchange rate s divergence from parity levels suggests a novel way to think about how central banks can influence the market to limit departures from parity. Although the exchange rate ultimately reverts back to its PPP benchmark, in a world of imperfect knowledge market participants might ignore this possibility in the near term.

Of course, persistent swings from parity do not last forever.

Of course, persistent swings from parity do not last forever.

And monetary expansion is also having a positive impact on the labor market the unemployment rate has fallen to 4 , and the job to applicant ratio is nearing parity.

The central bank tries to hold the exchange rate, but eventually is forced to let the currency float.

However, they must either do this sooner, or raise the key rate of Central Bank (5.5 ), he believes.

Several Central European countries have achieved per capita GDP levels (measured in terms of purchasing power parity) that place them on the lower rungs of the eurozone s income ladder.

In attempting to cope with imperfect knowledge, they are not irrational when they pay attention to other macroeconomic fundamentals and thereby bid an exchange rate away from its parity level.

Foreign central banks asked whether the Bank of England was contemplating changing its view of the pound s exchange rate.

Germany's division created a rough demographic parity between French and West Germans.

The parity bit is an example of a single error detecting code.

Otherwise, China s central bank must focus on keeping the exchange rate stable and doesn t have a truly independent monetary policy.

If central banks save their rate cut bullets for a later day, they may find that their ammunition is useless.

Second, negative inflation means that real interest rates rise, because central banks cannot lower the nominal interest rate below zero.

Driving down the euro s dollar exchange rate from its 1.15 level (where it was before the adoption of QE) to parity or even lower will help, but it probably will not be enough.

The new data are based on improved estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP).

In this notation, the parity bit is not included in the data bits.

The European Central Bank has lowered its main refinancing rate eight times, by a total of 325 basis points, to 0.75 .

The European Central Bank has lowered its main refinancing rate eight times, by a total of 325 basis points, to 0.75 .

The interest rate policy of the Central Bank does not influence market rates, it influences only the rates of interbank lending.

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Afghanistan's Central Statistics Organization reported that between February 2015 and February 2016, the unemployment rate in Afghanistan shot up by 15 percent, bringing the total rate close to 40 percent across the country.

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As at present, there would be a central rate with a fluctuation band of 15 on either side to guide market expectations.

Abolish the central bank, abolish the exchange rate, take away the toys with which governments create currency crises in the first place.

The forecast regarding a reduction of the average rate will depend a lot on the policies of the Central Bank currently, the regulator is demonstrating consistency when it comes to lowering the key rate.

In the twentieth century, the Cold War parity between Russia and America was apparent.

But the naira s introduction quickly put an end to parity with the British pound.

The birth rate and death rate were nearly equal.

Fear over the growth effects of the European Central Bank s 2006 rate increases is based on confusion between real and nominal interest rates.