versus floating exchange rates Introduction The exchange rate regime The exchange rate regime is the way a country manages its currency in respect to foreign currencies and the foreign exchange market. Each country has its exchange rate policy which determines the form of a government influence on the currency exchange rate. There are three main type of the exchange rate regime: • a floating exchange rate‚ where the market dictates the movements of the exchange rate‚ • and the fixed
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Since 1981‚ monetary policy in Singapore has been centred on the management of the exchange rate. The main objective is to promote price stability as a basis for a sustainable economic growth. The exchange rate represents an ideal intermediate target of monetary policy in the context of the small and open Singapore economy. It is rather controllable through direct interventions in the foreign exchange markets and it bears a stable and predictable relationship with the price stability as the final target
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Financial Market * a kind of market where the financial management operates‚ no physical existence‚ it only involved money‚ consist of the legal and tax framework. Financial Institutions * refers to banks‚ lending companies‚ credit cooperatives‚ pawnshops‚ insurance companies‚ government agencies (SSS‚ GSIS‚ PHILHEALTH‚ PAGIBIG). Why do Financial Market exists? * In order to facilitate the interaction between providers of capital such as savers and investors and users of capital such
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Why are accurate financial statements important for outside business interests? Matt ACC 205: Principles of Accounting I Professor Kaplan Ashford University December 22‚ 2011 Accounting is specifically “a system by which economic information is identified‚ recorded‚ summarized and reported for the use of decision makers”; however‚ accounting involves interpretation and analyzing of all financial information‚ including taxing‚ personal financial information and investment (Alba
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Discuss the importance of socialisation. Socialisation is defined as “the process whereby the helpless human infant gradually becomes a self-aware‚ knowledgeable person‚ skilled in the ways of the culture into which he or she was born”. (Giddens‚ 284). Everybody‚ man‚ woman and child goes through the process of socialisation throughout the whole duration of their life not just when an infant. Socialisation or as anthropologists refer to it‚ enculturation does not end once the child becomes a teenager
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monetary policy rule‚ it will Answer aggressively increase inflation if the interest rate exceeds the target interest rate. aggressively increase interest rates if the inflation rate exceeds the target inflation rate. only slightly increase inflation if the interest rate exceeds the target interest rate. only slightly increase interest rates if the inflation rate exceeds the target inflation rate. During the Christmas shopping season the demand for money increases significantly
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2 Importance of stock market…………………………………………………………….P.2 Primary market...………………………………………………………………………….P.2-3 Resource allocation in the primary market….………………..P.3 Risk pricing in the primary market………………………………..P.3 Risk management in the primary market……………………P.3-4 Secondary market…………………………………………………………………………….P.4 Mobilize Savings in the secondary market…………………....P.4 Investment Opportunities in the secondary market………P.4
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be more or less willing to buy gold under the following circumstances: a. Gold again becomes acceptable as a medium of exchange. (2 marks) b. Prices in the gold market become more volatile. (2 marks) c. You expect inflation to rise‚ and gold prices tend to move with the aggregate price level. (3 marks) d. You expect interest rates to rise. (3 marks) Outline of solutions: (a) More‚ because it has become more liquid; (b) less‚ because it has become more risky; (c) more‚ because its expected
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AM Page 141 C H APTE R 5 FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS A Strong Financial System Is Necessary for a Growing and Prosperous Economy Financial managers and investors don’t operate in a vacuum—they make decisions within a large and complex financial environment. This environment includes financial markets and institutions‚ tax and regulatory policies‚ and the state of the economy. The environment both determines the available financial alternatives and affects the outcomes of
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1 One-factor Interest Rate Modeling 1 In this lecture... q stochastic models for interest rates q how to derive the bond pricing equation for many fixed-income products q the structure of many popular interest rate models 2 2 Introduction In this lecture we see the ideas behind modeling interest rates us-ing a single source of randomness. This isone-factor interest rate modeling. q The model will allow the short-term interest rate‚ the spot rate‚ to follow a random walk. This model leads
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