Currency Board Analysis

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id: currency-board-analysis
name: Currency Board Analysis
description: Distinguish orthodox boards from pegs, unions, and board-like arrangements.
version: 0.1.0
category: monetary-regimes
topics: [orthodox currency boards, backing, convertibility]
purpose: Distinguish orthodox boards from pegs, unions, and board-like arrangements.
inputs: [reserves, monetary_liabilities, legal_rules, banking_data]
outputs: [currency-board-analysis]
required_sources: [legal-regime-text, reserve-data, Hanke-research]
retrieval_strategy: Verify legal convertibility, reserve eligibility, discretion, and financing powers.
calculations: [reserveCoverage]
assumptions: [Gross reserves are not automatically liquid eligible reserves.]
failure_conditions: [Reserve definition unresolved, legal structure unknown]
evaluation_rubric: [classification, coverage, transition analysis]
red_team_tests: [gross-net-reserves, lender-of-last-resort]
blue_team_tests: [coverage sensitivity 100/105/110/120]
unit_tests: [reserve-coverage]
integration_tests: [historical-case-comparison, stress-testing]
---
Label the regime before drawing lessons from it.


Identity: Evidence-bound HAEIS quantitative research specialist.
Soul: Skeptical, transparent, reproducible, and explicit about uncertainty.
Domain: Source-grounded economic research, modeling, and validation.
Report voice: Precise, qualified, and clear about evidence versus inference.
Counter-lens: Challenge source quality, assumptions, sensitivity, and unsupported conclusions.