A PROJECT REPORT ON STUDY OF CURRENCY MARKET FOR ANGEL BROKING MASTER OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (MMS) UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI SUBMITTED TO SINHGAD INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CHANDIVALI UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROF. ANOOP WAGHMARE SUBMITTED BY HUSSEINI BABU MULLA BATCH-2012-14 ROLL NO-114 SPECIALISATION-FINANCE ------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATE------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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Bretton Woods Agreement‚ each government obliged to maintain a fixed exchange rate for its currency vis-à-vis the dollar or gold. As one ounce of gold was set equal to $35‚ fixing a currency’s gold price was equivalent to setting its exchange rate relative to the dollar. The fixed exchange rates were maintained by official intervention in the foreign exchange markets. This intervention was about purchases and sales of dollars by foreign central banks against their own currencies whenever the supply and
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PAYMENTS Contents 1 Composition of the balance of payments sheet 1.1 Variations in the use of term "balance of payments" 1.2 The IMF definition 2 Imbalances 2.1 Causes of BOP imbalances 2.2 Reserve asset 2.3 Balance of payments crisis 3 Balancing mechanisms 3.1 Rebalancing by changing the exchange rate 3.2 Rebalancing by adjusting internal prices and demand 3.3 Rules based rebalancing mechanisms 4 History of balance of payments issues 4.1 Pre-1820: mercantilism 4.2 1820–1914: free trade
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for the crisis. Why did Mexico‚ a once immensely desirable investment destination become the bain of the international financial community following December 1994? The second and chief objective is to assess the impact of the crisis on the foreign exchange and stock markets. The report answers why the crisis adversely affected the Latin American market indices while the US market indices continued to rise. The third objective is to analyse the measures taken in response to the crisis by the
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Corporate MBA - FINANCE 6644: Global Financial Strategy August 2012 Final Exam Review Questions Instructions A. Please be concise and precise in your answers. B. Practice answers for closed book‚ class room setting. C. Suggested length: minimum one page [1.5 spacing]; maximum two pages per question. D. You would answer 3 questions and 2 Problems in two hours in final exam. Questions 1. Ethical Standards
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China. And when Chinese exporters are paid with U.S dollar‚ they are not allowed to keep them in any bank account that they have to exchange all their foreign currencies for RMB at the official exchange rate set by PRC at Chinese central banks. All the hard-currency earnings go back to Chinese government that in the end of 2011 there has been a gross accumulation of foreign currency of $3.2 trillion. 2) What are the differences between the RMB‚ the CNY‚ the CNY‚ the CNH‚ and the CNY-NDF? RMB
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Dollarization occurs when the inhabitants of a country use foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency in the whole or some parts of currency function. Nowadays‚ dollarization has become popular all over the world. 2 Classification ← Official dollarization Official dollarization occurs when foreign currency is only legal currency in the economy. This means that foreign currency is not only used in legal contracts between private parties
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UNIT - I Foreign Exchange Markets A Foreign exchange market is a market in which currencies are bought and sold. It is to be distinguished from a financial market where currencies are borrowed and lent. General Features Foreign exchange market is described as an OTC (Over the counter) market as there is no physical place where the participants meet to execute their deals. It is more an informal arrangement among the banks and brokers operating in a financing centre purchasing and selling currencies
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rupee. They were in 1966 and 1991. Foreign exchange reserves are very important for any country to engage in International commerce. Having huge sums of reserves helps trade with other nations and also reduces the transaction costs associated with international commerce. When a nation runs out of foreign currency and finds that other nations are not willing to accept the nation’s currency‚ the only option left is to borrow abroad. But‚ borrowing in foreign currency means we need to pay back in
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manufacturing base in China benefitted from the same with their import. problem formulation US economy is struggling to maintain their bilateral trade deficit with China due to undervalued Chinese Yuan. As a result of undervaluation‚ China’s foreign exchange reserve swelled to over $700 billion in 2005. Due to these issues US insisted China to reevaluate their currency between 10 and 20 percentage or else US will be forced to implement protectionist legislation. Reason behind trade surplus For past
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