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Foreign currency optionAn option that conveys the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a specified amount of foreign currency at a specified price within a specified time period.Foreign currency option Similar MatchesAsian Currency Units (ACU)Asian Currency Units (ACU)Dollar deposits held in Singapore or other Asian centers. Currency speculationCurrency speculationTo buy or sell a currency in anticipation of its appreciation or depreciation respectively, the intent being to make a profit or avoid a loss. See speculation. Composite currencyComposite currencyA currency defined as a specified combination of two or more currencies, normally existing only as a unit of account rather than as a physical currency. Examples include the SDR and the ECU. Currency risk sharingCurrency risk sharingAn agreement by the parties to a transaction to share the currency risk associated with the transaction. The arrangement involves a customized hedge contract embedded in the underlying transaction. Comptroller of the CurrencyComptroller of the CurrencyA government official, appointed by the president, who keeps control over all national banks, and receives reports from the banks at least quarterly, to be published in newspapers. Further SuggestionsCurrencyCurrency union Currency option currency Optimal currency area Currency hedge Foreign currency translation Convertible currency Reporting currency currency loan Currency Board Currency futures contract Currency depreciation Currency depreciation Canonical model of currency crises Currency arbitrage Currency area Currency swap Reserve currency Intervention currency Currency selection Strong Currency Currency Exchange Risk Currency in circulation Currency reallignment |
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