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  2. Foreign exchange market - Wikipedia

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    The foreign exchange market (forex, FX (pronounced "fix"), or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies. This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. It includes all aspects of buying, selling and exchanging currencies at current or determined prices.

  3. Fear of floating - Wikipedia

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    The value of this currency is determined by the supply and demand shocks in the market of the currency (foreign exchange market). Most of the countries adopting the free, floating exchange rate regimes (floaters) are developed small open economies, such as Canada, Australia, Sweden.

  4. List of countries by exchange rate regime - Wikipedia

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    Foreign exchange; Exchange rates; Currency band; Exchange rate; Exchange rate regime; Exchange-rate flexibility; Dollarization; Fixed exchange rate; Floating exchange rate; Linked exchange rate; Managed float regime; Dual exchange rate; List of countries by foreign-exchange reserves; Markets; Foreign exchange market; Futures exchange; Retail ...

  5. Exchange rate regime - Wikipedia

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    An exchange rate regime is a way a monetary authority of a country or currency union manages the currency about other currencies and the foreign exchange market.It is closely related to monetary policy and the two are generally dependent on many of the same factors, such as economic scale and openness, inflation rate, the elasticity of the labor market, financial market development, and ...

  6. Floating exchange rate - Wikipedia

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    In macroeconomics and economic policy, a floating exchange rate (also known as a fluctuating or flexible exchange rate) is a type of exchange rate regime in which a currency's value is allowed to fluctuate in response to foreign exchange market events. [1] A currency that uses a floating exchange rate is known as a floating currency, in ...

  7. Speculative attack - Wikipedia

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    Taking out a loan allows the investor to borrow a large sum of money from the nation's central bank and convert the money at the fixed exchange rate into a foreign currency. As the massive outflow depletes the war chest or forces the nation to abandon the fixed exchange rate, investors are able to convert their foreign currency back at a ...

  8. Impossible trinity - Wikipedia

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    The trade will involve selling the borrowed currency on the foreign exchange market in order to acquire foreign currency to invest abroad – and this tends to cause the price of the nation's currency to drop due to the sudden extra supply. Because the nation has a fixed exchange rate, it must defend its currency and will sell its reserves in ...

  9. Kākāpō - Wikipedia

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    The search and footage from the islands where breeding was taking place were featured on the Breakfast programme. [130] The kākāpō was featured in the mobile game "Kākāpō Run" [131] developed by a UK conservation charity. This game aimed to raise support for kākāpō conservation by engaging players in fun, educational gameplay.