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Price: £26.00
Pages: 320
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date:
30 June 2016
Trim Size: 8.90 X 5.90 in
ISBN: 9789888083671
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
"There is probably no one else so well placed by history, and so well served by intellect, as John Greenwood to describe the events which led to Hong Kong's uniquely successful experiment of pegging its currency to the US dollar. His comprehensive history
"A magisterial treatment of how Hong Kong lost and re-established stable money by the principal intellectual architect of its currency board regime. Greenwood, a monetary master craftsman, has produced what is destined to become both the standard referenc
"John Greenwood has written the definitive account of Hong Kong's currency system, from the early colonial currency board system, to the floating exchange rate system from 1974 onwards, to its breakdown in the wake of Hong Kong's currency crisis of 1983,
"A great book describing how Hong Kong surmounted the great currency crisis of 1982-83, and then rationalizes why and how the Hong Kong Monetary Authority subsequently evolved from a pure currency board to a near central bank. The definitive historical re
"A magisterial treatment of how Hong Kong lost and re-established stable money by the principal intellectual architect of its currency board regime. Greenwood, a monetary master craftsman, has produced what is destined to become both the standard referenc
"John Greenwood has written the definitive account of Hong Kong's currency system, from the early colonial currency board system, to the floating exchange rate system from 1974 onwards, to its breakdown in the wake of Hong Kong's currency crisis of 1983,
"A great book describing how Hong Kong surmounted the great currency crisis of 1982-83, and then rationalizes why and how the Hong Kong Monetary Authority subsequently evolved from a pure currency board to a near central bank. The definitive historical re
John Greenwood OBE is Chief Economist of INVESCO plc. A graduate of Edinburgh University, he did economic research at Tokyo University and was a visiting research fellow at the Bank of Japan (1970-74). From 1974 he was Chief Economist with GT Management plc, based initially in Hong Kong and later in San Francisco. As editor of Asian Monetary Monitor he was alone in pointing out the flaws in Hong Kong's monetary system in the years leading up to the currency crisis of 1983, and is well-known as the architect of the linked rate between the HK$ and US$ that has been operating ever since. Mr. Greenwood was a director of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Clearing Corporation (1987-91) and council member the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (1992-93). An economic adviser to the Hong Kong Government (1992-93), he has been a member of the Committee on Currency Board Operations of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority since 1998. He is also a member of the Shadow Monetary Policy Committee in England. Mr. Greenwood is a director of INVESCO Asia Ltd in Hong Kong, INVESCO Asset Management Singapore Ltd, and the Hong Kong Association in London.