Intervention point

Intervention point

Limit of the range within which exchange rates are allowed to deviate from parity in a system of fixed exchange rates. If there is a risk that the exchange rate will move beyond the permitted range, the regulating body is obliged to intervene in the market. There are no intervention points in a system of flexible exchange rates. See also fixed exchange rate, floating exchange rate.

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