MODULE 10 International Monetary System Learning Objectives: 1. Explain how exchange rates influence the activities of domestic and international companies. 2. Identify the factors that help determine exchange rates and their impact on business. 3. Describe the primary methods of forecasting exchange rates. 4. Discuss the evolution of the current international monetary system‚ and explain how it operates. Chapter Outline: Introduction How Exchange Rates Influence Business Activities
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controlling‚ and securing the financial system of any economy. The Central Bank of Nigeria‚ led by its Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi‚ has put forward a policy requiring that all cash withdrawals and deposits be set at a daily limit of a maximum of N150‚ 000 while pegging that of corporate entities at N l‚ 000‚000‚ with penalty fees of N100 per extra Nl‚ 000 and N200 per Nl‚ 000 imposed on individual and corporate defaulters respectively. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s reasoning behind this policy
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A central bank is a countries national bank or continents main bank for example the Central Bank of Ireland and the European central bank (ECB). Central banks supply financial and banking services for its countries governmental and banking systems. Along with that they also implement the countries monetary policy‚ supply the country with its currency‚ it acts as the banker’s bank‚ its acts as a lender of last resort and also as a clearing agent. The Central Bank influences the money supply of a
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M1 Explain how to manage an outbreak of infection in a health or social care setting To help the prevention of infection spreading is by knowing the method of washing your hand because we carry most bacteria sue to the open air that we come in contact with. For example we use are hands to shake hands with someone holding or touching objects. When you are performing any form of hand hygiene you will need to make sure that you have washed your hand with anti-bacterial liquid soap; this is to help prevent
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International Monetary System refers to the institutional arrangements that govern the exchange rates. There are four mechanism of which the exchange rate is governed to: Floating exchange rate * when the foreign exchange market determines the relative value of a currency * Example: four of the world’s major trading currency i.e. the USD‚ Euro‚ Yen and Pound are all free to trade against each other. The exchange rates are determined by market forces and fluctuate against each other on day
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CENTRAL BANKS‚ STOCK EXCHANGE AND COMMERCIAL BANKS CENTRAL BANKS A central bank is the main national bank that provides a government and its commercial banking system with financial and banking services controlling the government’s monetary policy and issuing currency. Functions of a central bank include: • It has the sole right to issue currency – it maintains uniformity in the currency and manages it accordingly using knowledge about the economy • It is a banker‚ advisor and agent to the government
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ORGANIZATION Nations Trust Bank Nations Trust Bank was established in July 1999 when it acquired the Colombo Branch of Overseas Trust Bank Ltd. The oversubscription of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) was a significant highlight of our market entry. Since then‚ we have gone from strength to strength‚ rapidly expanding its client base with the following strategic acquisitions to its portfolio In September 2007‚ Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd reaffirmed the rating assigned to the Bank of A (lka) denoting
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Human Sensory Systems Objectives · Describe how sensory receptors communicate to the central nervous system. · Describe receptors that detect temperature‚ pain‚ touch and pressure‚ muscle length and tension‚ and blood pressure. · Describe the nature of vision in terms of its stimulus on the function of rod and cone cells. Introduction The function of the brain is to convey messages to different parts of the body. Messages are conveyed from a nerve cell to another nerve cell‚ muscle cell
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Main Functions Central bank is the apex body of the banking structure. Each and every country has the central bank but their name differs from country to country. In India the central bank is called RBI and the functions are as follows: Issuer of currency: • Under section22 RBI has right to issue the currency note. • RBI has separate department for the issue of the currency note. • Issues and exchanges or destroys currency and coins not fit for circulation. • Objective: to give the public
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The impact of central bank independence on the performance of inflation targeting regimes* Sami Alpandaa‚ Adam Honiga** a Amherst College‚ Amherst‚ MA 01002 May‚ 2011 ______________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This paper examines the benefits of inflation targeting in both advanced and emerging economies. We do not detect significant effects in advanced economies and only find small benefits in emerging economies‚ in line with previous studies
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