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Fed’s $287bn currency swap could prevent crisis, leaves FX prices unchanged


The Fed’s $287bn currency swap agreement could help to stabilise international cash flows in a crisis, but it is unlikely to have a big effect on currency trading now, analysts believe.

The Federal Reserve announced yesterday (April 6) that it had authorised temporary reciprocal currency arrangements with the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European...

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