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Greenwood, John.

Hong Kong's link to the US dollar origins and evolution / [electronic resource] : John Greenwood. - Hong Kong : London : Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor], c2008. - 303 p.

Includes index.

Foreword / Charles Goodhart -- Currency on the skids -- Time to blow the whistle -- Monetary downturn compounds trade woes -- Hong Kong's financial crisis - history, analysis prescription -- How to rescue the Hong Kong dollar - three practical proposals -- The stabilisation of the Hong Kong dollar -- The operation of the new exchange rate mechanism -- Why the HK$/US$ linked rate system should not be changed -- Adjusting to the link -- Negative interest rates - a comparison of the Hong Kong and Swiss schemes -- Intervention replaces arbitrage - the July package of monetary measures -- The impact of the Tiananmen Square incident on Hong Kong's monetary system -- Epilogue.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Currency question--China--Hong Kong.
Monetary policy--China--Hong Kong.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Hong Kong (China)--Economic conditions--20th century.
Hong Kong (China)--Economic conditions--21st century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HG3981 / .G74 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 332.4/6095125073