Efficiency and Transparency in Currency Exhange Sector

Ken

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The DR1 news summary today reports that the IMF is insisting on "'efficiency and transparency' in the currency exchange sector."

What does this mean? What are the implications?
 

arturo

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efficiency and transparency

My interpretation is the IMF is stipulating that hoarding and related speculation practices cease with its "transparency" pronouncement. I think the "efficiency" concept pertains to government involvement where such involvement does not add value to the overall process - e.g. bureaucracy-based fees and transaction delays.