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SINCE 1985, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION HAS INVOLVED MONETARY AUTHORITIES, PARTICULARLY CENTRAL BANKS, TO AN UNPRECEDENTED EXTENT IN COORDINATED ACTION IN THE FIELD OF MONETARY AND EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES. THIS FACT HAS INFLUENCED THE AUTHORS' APPROACH TO THE ISSUE OF ECONOMIC POLICY COORDINATION (EPC). THEY DO NOT OFFER A NEW MODEL OR PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE THEORETICAL EXPLANATION FOR THE EVENTS OF 1985-88. RATHER, THEY DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF EPC AS SEEN BY PRACTITIONERS OF EXCHANGE RATE AND MONETARY POLICY COORDINATION. THE FIRST SECTION OF THEIR PAPER BRIEFLY SURVEYS THE LITERATURE ON POLICY COORDINATION. THE SECOND SECTION DISCUSSES A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT ARE CRUCIAL TO THE FEASIBILITY OF POLICY COORDINATION. THE THIRD ASSESSES THE OUTCOME OF THE EPC EXERCISE IN 1985-88, FOCUSING ON THE REACTIONS OF MONETARY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COORDINATED STRATEGY, BOTH WITHIN THE G-7 AND THE EMS.