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Foreign Exchange Rates and International Finance

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kallianiotis, John N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2019.
Colección:Business, technology and finance.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Exhibits
  • List of Graphs
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1
  • History of Monetary System
  • 1. Introduction: History of Money
  • 2. History of Currencies
  • 2.1. Fixed Exchange Rate
  • 2.1.1. Payments of Trade Account Deficits
  • 2.1.2. Gold Standard before World War II
  • 2.1.3. After the Bretton Woods
  • 2.1.4. Special Drawing Rights
  • 2.1.5. The Abandonment of the Gold Exchange Standard
  • 2.1.6. The "Golden Age" of the Twentieth Century
  • 2.2. Floating Exchange Rate
  • 2.3. Eurodollars and Eurocurrencies
  • 2.3.1. History of Euro-Currency Market
  • 2.3.2. From the European Monetary System to the Economic and Monetary Union
  • 2.3.3. The Latest Euro-Zone Debt Crisis
  • 2.4. Modern Currency Regimes
  • 2.4.1. Optimum Currency Area (OCA)
  • 2.4.2. Thoughts for a New Financial System
  • Summary
  • Appendix
  • Chapter 2
  • Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates
  • 1. Measuring the Balance of Payments
  • 1.1. Debits and Credits of the Accounts of the Balance of Payments
  • 1.2. Composition of the Accounts of the Balance of Payments
  • 1.3. International Imbalances between Countries
  • 1.4. Balance of Payments Crises
  • 2. Domestic Economy, Balance of Payments, and Public Policies
  • 2.1. Factors Affecting the Current and Capital Accounts
  • 2.2. Improving the Balance of Payments through Exchange Rates or Protectionism
  • 2.3. Improving the Balance of Payments by Adjusting Domestic Prices and Demand
  • 2.4. Interaction of the Balance of Payments with the Domestic Economy
  • 2.5. Trade Balance and Exchange Rate (The J-Curve)
  • 3. National Economies and Balance of Payments: Some Historical Perspectives
  • 3.1. The Fixed Exchange Rate Era
  • 3.2. The Flexible Exchange Rate Era up to the Global Financial Crisis
  • 3.3. From the Post Washington Consensus to the Present
  • Summary
  • Appendix
  • Chapter 3
  • The Foreign Exchange Market
  • 1. Functions of the Foreign Exchange Market
  • 2. Market Participants
  • 2.1. Foreign Exchange Dealers and Brokers
  • 2.2. Commercial Companies
  • 2.3. Central Banks and Treasuries
  • 2.4. Foreign Exchange Fixing
  • 2.5. Hedge Funds, Speculators, Arbitragers, and Others
  • 2.6. Investment Management Firms
  • 2.7. Retail Foreign Exchange Traders
  • 2.8. Non-Bank Foreign Exchange Companies
  • 2.9. Money Transfer/Remittance Companies and Bureaux de Change
  • 2.10. Individuals and Firms
  • 3. Trading Characteristics
  • 4. Transactions in the Foreign Exchange Market
  • 4.1. Spot Transactions
  • 4.2. Forward Transactions
  • 4.3. Swap Transactions
  • 4.4. Currency Futures
  • 4.5. Foreign Currency Options
  • 5. Speculation
  • 6. Foreign Exchange Rate Quotations
  • 6.1. Direct and Indirect Quotes
  • 6.2. Bid and Ask Outright Quotations
  • 6.3. Bid and Ask Points Quotations (Swap Rates)
  • 6.4. Forward Quotations in Percentage Terms
  • 6.4.1. Example of Points Quotations (Swap Rates)