currency
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Rate checks are considered a prelude to actual intervention and involve central banks contacting commercial lenders to get price quotes for currency trades.
Watchfulness against the Japanese government’s likely currency intervention will also remain high around the 160 threshold, he adds.
Asian currencies consolidated against the dollar in early trade, but could be weighed down by the ongoing Middle East conflict.
A collapsing currency and high inflation last year forced millions of people closer to poverty, with many cutting back on basic foods such as meat and fish.
He justified this view by citing a dysfunctional banking system, a highly unstable currency, the absence of the rule of law guaranteeing private property, the failure of the centrally planned economy, and "completely dilapidated" infrastructure.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
