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GENERAL & APPLIED ECONOMICS

Currency reform, currency biases and Ghana’s forex market fluctuations: Beyond the macroeconomic fundamentals

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Article: 2276364 | Received 22 Nov 2022, Accepted 19 Oct 2023, Published online: 04 Dec 2023

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