Download or read book The Crawling Band as an Exchange Rate Regime written by John Williamson and published by Peterson Institute. This book was released on 1996 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines in detail the experiences of three countries that have in recent years operated exchange rate systems of "crawling bands," similar in spirit to the target zones that the author has recommended in the past. Williamson compares the succcessful experiences of 3 countries that have operated crawling bands with 15 similar countries and concludes that the crawling band exchange-rate policy has been an important element in their success. The study includes a manual for managing crawling bands.