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Research Article

Exchange rates forecasting and trend analysis after the COVID-19 outbreak: new evidence from interpretable machine learning

Zhi Sua School of Statistics and Mathematics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, ChinaView further author information
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Xuanye Caia School of Statistics and Mathematics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, ChinaView further author information
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You Wub School of Economics, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2052-2059 | Published online: 15 Jun 2022

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