Quote from TradingWise:
Cutten,
Do you really see central banks dropping a currency ten big figures. They would probably operate more discrete and over a larger timeframe, not?
No, if you look at all central bank interventions against excessive speculation, they try to maximise the impact of their operations on the market. The Yen in 1998 moved 11 points in 2 days after the BoJ intervention, and then a few months later moved 22 points in 3 days when various hedge funds unwound their carry trades at the same time. The Euro might not move that much, but large moves after the trend reverses are highly probable.
In any case, I don't think this will happen any time soon. It would require a much lower dollar and much more speculation against it. I was referring to what might happen if the Euro gets up to 1.50, not what might happen now.
