If a currency is “managed,” it means the country’s head honcho of finance...the central bank...has stepped in and laid down the law. Managed currencies mean that the price and exchange rate of that currency has been in some way purposefully tinkered with by the central bank.
There are a few ways currencies can be managed, like controlling the money supply, setting interest rates, banking regulations, reserve requirements, and acting as a safety net (think: bailouts) when things goes south. Most currencies are affected in some way, even if it’s small, by some intervention, making most currencies "managed currencies" in the pure sense of the term.
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Finance allah shmoop what is a yankee bond We're safe
We're sound we're saying at least that's how we look
financially when you know the u s has compared with
most of the rest of the world that's why a
bunch of countries issue their own bonds denominated in u
s dollars you know countries like panama el salvador micronesia
and macron asia Well ours is ah hard currency and
that we don't or at least haven't historically created massive
ten percent a month inflation to deflate the value of
our own currency and well that would make it super
easy for our government to pay off its ludicrously high
death but we don't do that We respect the people
who loaned money to us including our own citizens So
we have a hard currency It just kind of stays
where it is Yes there's inflation Yes we raise the
rates a little bit here and there defended but generally
just kind of does its thing So we fight hard
to keep that trust that the rest of the world
often values more than well trust in their own governments
or at least their own government's ability to manage their
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