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Unless the global financial system is radically reformed — and the necessary reforms are looking increasingly unlikely to occur — it will continue to be conducive to financial crises. Government rhetoric and actions can often influence in desirable ways both the speculative actions that now determine the exchange rate and the effect of exchange rate movements on the domestic economy. Managing the exchange rate should start with Australian support for measures such as the Tobin tax that dampen speculation. In 2008 and 2009, exchange rate changes were helpful in reducing the impact of the global financial crisis on Australia, largely because of a very clear commitment by the Australian government to make preservation of jobs its top priority. In 2009, a rapid rise in the exchange rate was unhelpful. In the short run, little can be done about this, but in the longer run, it is possible to offset the adverse effects.
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Kriesler, P., Nevile, J.W., Harcourt, G.C. (2016). Exchange Rates and the Macroeconomy in an Era of Global Financial Crises, with Special Reference to Australia. In: Post-Keynesian Essays from Down Under Volume II: Essays on Policy and Applied Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137475350_4
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