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Pegged currency Meaning

A pegged currency is a national currency whose exchange rate is fixed by the government to a stable foreign currency, most often the US Dollar or the Euro. This is common in developing nations or small economies like the UAE or Hong Kong that want to import price stability from a larger economy. By pegging their currency, they make it easier for foreign companies to invest, as there is no currency risk when repatriating profits.Maintaining a pegged currency requires a massive amount of foreign exchange reserves.

If the market wants to sell the local currency, the central bank must step in and use its reserves of US Dollars to buy the local currency back, maintaining the fixed price. If the central bank runs out of dollars, it can no longer support the peg, and the currency will devalue rapidly, often leading to a financial crisis and high inflation.In the digital age, stablecoins are essentially private pegged currencies.

USDT (Tether) functions almost exactly like the Hong Kong Dollar; it is a private token pegged to the USD, backed by a reserve of dollar-denominated assets. The difference is that a government-pegged currency is a sovereign policy, while a stablecoin is a product.

One is backed by the taxing power of a nation, while the other is backed by the trust in a private corporation or a piece of code.The debate over pegged currencies often centers on the trilemma of international finance. This theory states that an economy cannot have all three at once: a fixed exchange rate, free capital movement, and an independent monetary policy.

If you peg your currency, you give up control over your interest rates, as you must follow the rates of the country you are pegged to. This trade-off is why many large economies choose floating exchange rates.

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