The standard line from the academic literature is that central bank intervention in foreign exchange works only when it's in line with the fundamentals - and even then, only when lots of central banks work together.

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Thanks to Rushdie, Indian literature no longer needed to explain itself to a foreign readership, to provide glossaries for native words and explanations for the subcontinental oddities of life.

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Even comparative literature would have given me the boost of a few additional foreign languages under my belt.

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