In order to examine the new RMB exchange rate regime rigorously, we
employ the STARTZ model to investigate the behavior of RMB NEER from June 1,
2006 to May 30, 2008, We find that a managed float with a target central parity and
without an explicit band best describes the daily movement of the exchange rate
between RMB and a basket of currencies. We also find some peculiar attributes of the
RMB NEER such as small conditional variance and stronger effects of government
interventions in foreign exchange market.
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