Currency board arrangement

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Currency board arrangement is an arrangement that occurs when a country has its own currency but commits to exchange it for a specified foreign money unit at a fixed exchange rate and legislates domestic currency restrictions, unless it has the foreign currency reserves to cover requested exchanges.


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According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),

Currency board arrangement. Occurs when a country has its own currency but commits to exchange it for a specified foreign money unit at a fixed exchange rate and legislates domestic currency restrictions, unless it has the foreign currency reserves to cover requested exchanges.

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