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Foreign-Exchange Market
• The largest market
• $4 trillion(2010) ,$5.46 trillion(2014), $10 trillion(2020)
• Most liquid market
• Quoted prices change 20 times a minute • Change 18,000 times a day
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Foreign-Exchange Market
• A typical FX market functions at three levels
• Between commercial banks and their customers who are the ultimate demanders and suppliers • Between major banks conducted through foreign-exchange brokers • Between the trading banks and their overseas branches or foreign correspondents
• Spot transaction
• a deal is settled two working days after the deal is struck, immediate delivery • Is the simplest way to meet your foreign currency requirements • Carries greatest risk of exchange rate fluctuations
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