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actual,defacto,arrangementsasidentifiedbyIMFstaff,whichmaydifferfromtheirofficiallyannouncedarrangements.Theschemeranksexchangeratearrangementsonthebasisoftheirdegreeofflexibilityandtheexistenceofformalorinformalcommitmentstoexchangeratepaths.Itdistinguishesamongdifferentformsofexchangerateregimes,inadditiontoarrangementswithnoseparatelegaltender,tohelpassesstheimplicationsofthechoiceofexchangeratearrangementforthedegreeofmonetarypolicyindependence.Thesystempresentsmembers'
exchangerateregimesandmonetarypolicyframeworkstoprovidegreatertransparencyintheclassificationschemeandtoillustratetherelationshipbetweenexchangerateregimesanddifferentmonetarypolicyframeworks.Thefollowingexplainsthecategories.
Exchangerateregimes
Exchangearrangementswithnoseparatelegaltender
2.Thecurrencyofanothercountrycirculatesasthesolelegaltender(formaldollarization),orthememberbelongstoamonetaryorcurrencyunioninwhichthesamelegaltenderissharedbythemembersoftheunion.Adoptingsuchregimesimpliesthecompletesurrenderofthemonetaryauthorities'
controloverdomesticmonetarypolicy.
Currencyboardarrangements
3.Amonetaryregimebasedonanexplicitlegislativecommitmenttoexchangedomesticcurrencyforaspecifiedforeigncurrencyatafixedexchangerate,combinedwithrestrictionsontheissuingauthoritytoensurethefulfillmentofitslegalobligation.Thisimpliesthatdomesticcurrencywillbeissuedonlyagainstforeignexchangeandthatitremainsfullybackedbyforeignassets,leavinglittlescopefordiscretionarymonetarypolicyandeliminatingtraditionalcentralbankfunctions,suchasmonetarycontrolandlender-of-last-resort.Someflexibilitymaystillbeafforded,dependingonhowstrictthebankingrulesofthecurrencyboardarrangementare.
Conventionalfixedpegarrangements
4.Thecountrypegsitscurrencywithinmarginsof±
1
percentorlessvis-à
-visanothercurrency;
acooperativearrangement,suchastheERMII;
orabasketofcurrencies,wherethebasketisformedfromthecurrenciesofmajortradingorfinancialpartnersandweightsreflectthegeographicaldistributionoftrade,services,orcapitalflows.Thecurrencycompositescanalsobestandardized,asinthecaseoftheSDR.Thereisnocommitmenttokeeptheparityirrevocably.Theexchangeratemayfluctuatewithinnarrowmarginsoflessthan±
percentaroundacentralrate—orthemaximumandminimumvalueoftheexchangeratemayremainwithinanarrowmarginof2
percent—foratleastthreemonths.Themonetaryauthoritymaintainsthefixedparitythroughdirectintervention(i.e.,viasale/purchaseofforeignexchangeinthemarket)orindirectintervention(e.g.,viatheuseofinterestratepolicy,impositionofforeignexchangeregulations,exerciseofmoralsuasionthatconstrainsforeignexchangeactivity,orthroughinterventionbyotherpublicinstitutions).Flexibilityofmonetarypolicy,thoughlimited,isgreaterthaninthecaseofexchangearrangementswithnoseparatelegaltenderandcurrencyboardsbecausetraditionalcentralbankingfunctionsarestillpossible,andthemonetaryauthoritycanadjusttheleveloftheexchangerate,althoughrelativelyinfrequently.
Peggedexchangerateswithinhorizontalbands
5.Thevalueofthecurrencyismaintainedwithincertainmarginsoffluctuationofmorethan±
percentaroundafixedcentralrateorthemarginbetweenthemaximumandminimumvalueoftheexchangerateexceeds2
percent.Asinthecaseofconventionalfixedpegs,referencemaybemadetoasinglecurrency,acooperativearrangement,oracurrencycomposite.Thereisalimiteddegreeofmonetarypolicydiscretion,dependingonthebandwidth.
Crawlingpegs
6.Thecurrencyisadjustedperiodicallyinsmallamountsatafixedrateorinresponsetochangesinselectivequantitativeindicators,suchaspastinflationdifferentialsvis-à
-vismajortradingpartners,differentialsbetweentheinflationtargetandexpectedinflationinmajortradingpartners.Therateofcrawlcanbesettoadjustformeasuredinflationorotherindicators(backwardlooking),orsetatapreannouncedfixedrateand/orbelowtheprojectedinflationdifferentials(forwardlooking).Maintainingacrawlingpegimposesconstraintsonmonetarypolicyinamannersimilartoafixedpegsystem.
Exchangerateswithincrawlingbands
7.Thecurrencyismaintainedwithincertainfluctuationmarginsofatleast±
percentaroundacentralrate—orthemarginbetweenthemaximumandminimumvalueoftheexchangerateexceeds2
percent—andthecentralrateormarginsareadjustedperiodicallyatafixedrateori