金融小知識：什麼是貨幣干預 (Currency Intervention)？

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今日主題：貨幣干預 (Currency Intervention)

What is a currency intervention?

什麼是貨幣干預？

A currency intervention occurs when a Central Banks takes actions to influence the value of their currency, typically to weaken it. They can do this through open market activity by selling their own currency and buying that of others.

執行貨幣干預的時點，是在中央銀行 (Central Bank，簡稱央行) 採取影響本國貨幣價值的行動時發生 (通常是讓本國貨幣貶值)。央行可以透過賣出本國貨幣並買進他國貨幣這種公開市場活動 (Open Market Activity) 來執行這項操作。