Differentiate between a managed exchange rate and a fixed exchange rate

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If the government of a country sets a long-run value for the exchange rate and intervenes to defend that value, the exchange rate is said to be fixed. On the contrary, if the government often intervenes actively in the foreign exchange market without setting value for the exchange rate, the exchange rate is said to be managed.

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