This paper derives optimal effective exchange rates, via loss-function minimization, for the US economy. The results attract considerable research interest; although it is generally believed that policy makers intervene only in infrequent emergency occasions in the foreign exchange market, this paper shows that the contrary is true; the US foreign exchange market is characterized by frequent central bank intervention.
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