Question

refers to a system under which a country's currency is nominally allowed to float freely against other currencies, but in which the government will intervene, buying and selling currency, if it believes that the currency has deviated too far from its fair value.

Answer 1

Answer:

A Dirty Float

Explanation:

A dirty float or managed float, refers to a floating exchange rate system operated by a country's central bank where there are occasional interventions in the foreign excange markets to influence the demand and supply with the intention of curbing perceived volatilities in the currency.

As stated in the question, the intervention of the Central Bank will usually occur when it believes that the currency has deviated too far from its fair value.

The dirty float system is a buffer against external economic influences that may want to disrupt the foreign exchange market in a country.

Actually, from 1946-1971, many industrialized nations around the world operated the fixed exchange rate system or the Bretton Woods agreement but this changed August 15, 1971, when President Richard Nixon decided to exit the United States from this system and till date most nations that intend to protect their domestic markets and industries against external foreign influences have adopted the dirty float exchange system.