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Introducing the Foreign Exchange Reserve Demand – Inflation Buffer Hypothesis

By: Omar Oman  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 121 - 144
Submitted on: Jun 7, 2023
Accepted on: Jul 21, 2024
Published on: Jan 20, 2025
Published by: Central Bank of Montenegro
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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