International Trade and Finance Speech ECO/372 June 7‚ 2012 International trade and finance speech Hello ladies and gentlemen hope you day is going well so fair. My name is Linda‚ I wanted to come out and speak with about the International trade and finance I will be handing out a booklet that show you what I will talking about if you should have an question write the down and I will try address them all
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Importance of balance of trade Balance of trade data is a very important piece of understanding the global puzzle of international trade‚ and thus‚ forex. Much like an income statement‚ balance of trade data clearly defines whether a trade deficit or trade surplus is in play. Why Balance of Trade Matters Balance of trade data shows the imports and exports of goods and how a country competes in a global marketplace. Balance of trade numbers can run a trade deficit‚ showing that a country
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EF3333 Financial Systems‚ Markets and Instruments Mini-project 1 Group List Fung Chin Wang 52598931 Liu Wai Ho 52592350 Lin Yuen 52593960 Chan Kwok Leung 52610309 Group List Fung Chin Wang 52598931 Liu Wai Ho 52592350 Lin Yuen 52593960 Chan Kwok Leung 52610309 Content The Asian financial crisis in 1997……………………………………………………..…….……P.3 2008 financial Tsunami…………………………………………………………………..……………P.4 The Hong Kong Stock market ………………………………………………………………………P.7 The Hong Kong property
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Rupee – history of evolution and currency crises This section discusses the evolution of the rupee along with the two major currency crises that were to confront the currency and related monetary policies. History and evolution The word “rupee” comes from the Sanskrit word “raupya” meaning Silver and traces its roots to the silver standard currency basket of the colonial rule. Originally produced in India in the 15th and 16th centuries by Mogul rulers‚ the currency shifted to Gold Standards
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Research Question: Country/Sovereign and Risk Assessments have evolved to become an integral part of international lending. Explain the factors to consider in determining the overall Sovereign/Country risk and why these factors are critical. What is the Bahamas’ experience in its Risk Assessments? Financial institutions increasingly conduct business abroad in order to diversify and expand their sources of revenue and profitability. This strategy of international lending exposes the bank to country
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Is gold a safe investment in the current economic situation? Global demand for gold has been on the rise and with good reason- the price of the precious metal has been consistently breaking new highs even though markets throughout the world remain weak (Lee‚ 2011). In the last decade alone‚ gold has achieved a 500% increase in value and more relevantly‚ it has soared from $1400 (an ounce) in January this year to a peak of $1920 (Prial‚ 2011). Thiru (2011) of Lloyd TSB‚ determined that gold has
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Why are floating rates considered to be superior to fixed rates in dealing with major shocks such as oil price increases? Explain why floating exchange rates did not produce a reduction in the US balance of payments deficit during the early 1980s? Describe the system that was developed to replace floating exchange rates. First we need to explain what fixed and floating exchange rates are. Fixed exchange rate regime is a regime in which central banks buy and sell their own currencies to keep
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Running Head: Purchasing Power Parity Testing the Evidence of Purchasing Power Parity and Exchange Rates Abstract Investment banks and foreign exchange dealers play important roles in the foreign currency markets. For purchasing power parity to hold in the long run‚ real exchange rates must be stationary. At the heart of the movement of foreign exchange rates is the change in a country’s balance of payments. If purchasing power parity held‚ then the real exchange rate would always equal
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Introduction The great depression in the 1930s is still considered an unsolved mystery by some historians interconnected to series of events including world war‚ mass unemployment and post war economic policies. The article “Gold standards and the great depression” by Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin focuses on gold standards and its consequences on business exchanges. The limitation of the gold standard systems crippled many countries as they struggled to keep up with the economic crisis and changes
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Central Banking (FIN10908) Hong Kong Linked Exchange Rate System Hong Kong Linked Exchange Rate System Introduction Hong Kong’s Linked Exchange Rate system is a currency board system‚ which requires both the stock and flow of the monetary base to be fully backed by foreign reserves. It is the exchange rate system implemented in Hong Kong to stabilize the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) and the United States dollar (USD). This means that any change in the monetary base is fully
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