What are the purpose and functions of stock exchanges as financial intermediaries? Financial intermediaries are institutions such as building societies‚ banks‚ stock exchanges and insurance companies. They all act as an intermediary between people‚ institutions or countries that may have high incomes‚ profits or surpluses and those that have lower incomes‚ losses and deficits. Some major stock exchanges around the world are: the New York stock exchange (NYSE)‚ NASDAQ‚ American (AMEX)‚ London (LSE)
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The exchange in technology between First Fation and the Europeans refers to the exchange of diseases‚ ideas‚ food crop‚ and population between the old world and the new world. The technology influenced both the First Nation and Europeans significantly. Technology has facilitated all of them in several different ways. This paper focuses on the era of technology exchange to examine the effects on the Europeans and First Nation trading with each other. Technology back then wasn’t as sophisticated as
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This report will cover the adaptations relating to gas exchange in insects‚ fish and mammals. These all have different gas exchange systems but work in similar ways. All the animals studied have the same characteristics in order for them to be able to work properly. Overview The gas exchange system is the process in which oxygen enters the cells of many living animals. Some factors that affect how efficient a gas exchange system is are things such as the distance that the molecules have to go before
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Exchange rate development in Ethiopia Monetary Development The legal tender currency of Ethiopia was issued on 23 July 1945 by defining the monetary unit as the Ethiopia dollar (E$) with a value of 5.52 grains (equivalent to 0.355745 grams) of fine gold. The linkage with fine gold was in accord with the monetary system established by the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944. For the five years following the proclamation of the national currency (1945–1950)‚ money supply of the country was determined
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| Foreign Exchange Market | Its Functions And Structure | | | | The term market has been interpreted in Economics as the place where both the buyers as well as the sellers meet and they buy and or sell goods. The foreign exchange market is a place where the transactions in foreign exchange are conducted. In practical world the external transaction requires the use of foreign purchasing power i.e. foreign currency. The foreign exchange market facilitates such transactions by
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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 their exchange rates fixed at a certain level (Mishkin G-4). Floating exchange rate regime is an exchange rate regime in which
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND With the demise of the foreign currency exchange rates during the 1970’s and after the collapse of the Bretton Woods Agreement‚ the world economy has undergone drastic changes. This has signaled an increase in currency market volatility and trading opportunity. The foreign exchange market has played a vital role in the last decade or so in guiding the purchase and sale of goods‚ services and raw materials globally. The market directly affects each
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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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Brief History of Stock Exchanges News on the stock market appears in different media every day. You hear about it any time it reaches a new high or a new low‚ and you also hear about it daily in statements like ’The BSE Sensitive Index rose 5% today’. Obviously‚ stocks and stock markets are important. Stocks of public limited companies are bought and sold at a stock exchange. But what really are stock exchanges? Known also as the stock market or bourse‚ a stock exchange is an organized marketplace
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It reflects the interactions between people and objects‚ and how humans use objects to construct their identities and communicate their position in social hierarchy‚ through (i) reciprocity and exchange (ii) identity and hierarchy (in no particular order). Questions have arisen as to whether gift exchange ie “give –receive –reciprocate” plays a major role in today’s society‚ and‚ if commodities are a central feature
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