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The Actors
The major participants in the foreign exchange market
are:
Commercial banks
International corporations
Nonbank financial institutions
Central banks
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Equilibrium
exchange rate
D: Demand for
Quantity of
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r1
r0
S1
S0
D1
D0
Quantity of
U.S. inflation
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r0
r1
S0
S1
D0
D1
Quantity of
Fisher effect:
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Managerial Implication
Foreign Exchange Risk is of 3 types
Transaction Exposure: The extent to which the income from
individual transactions is affected by fluctuations in foreign
exchange values
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