Currency wars get a new player

18 April 2016

 

  Since the US embarked on its zero interest rate policy in 2010 there have been hundreds of central bank interest rate adjustments around the world as countries have sought to bolster their economies via a lower exchange rate. This ‘tit-for-tat’ game has been called ‘the currency wars’ and has driven huge capital flows in the past 6 years. The US, China, most of Europe and Japan have all partaken...

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