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The 'Currency war' has begun: BMO Capital Market

CNBC TV18's Menaka explores the burning issue of currency war as central banks start to directly intervene in money markets to stabilise their respective currency. Joining her is Andrew Busch, Global Currency and Public Policy Strategist at BMO Capital Market.

August 04, 2011 / 14:52 IST
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The past few months have indeed been choppy for currencies across the globe. A weakening dollar set major currencies from other developed as well as emerging economies rising at an alarming pace. Adding to the worries, central banks across the world, embarked upon procedures to directly intervene in the money market to help curb the growth trajectory of their own currency.


The week has stood witness to Brazil enforcing 1% tax on currency derivatives, the Japanese PM calling the yen strongly over-valued and the Swiss National Bank directly intervening in money market to weaken the super-strong Swiss-franc. The question that arises now is, are we truly at the beginning of what the Brazilian PM termed,
first published: Aug 4, 2011 09:38 am

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