Hong Kong Monetary Authority Left Base Rate Steady at 0.5%

September 22, 2010

Hong Kong has an exchange rate policy, which for the past 27 years has pegged the Hong Kong dollar to the U.S. currency.  In adopting such a policy, officials eschewed any semblance of an independent domestic monetary policy, agreeing to let Federal Reserve short-term interest rate decisions determine Hong Kong’s as well.  Further information on this policy can be read by clicking this earlier article from Currency Thoughts.

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