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 of policy over the medium-term. There are several key features of the exchange rate system in Singapore. First‚ Singapore currency is managed against
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the capital market? How is the primary market different from the secondary market? In you opinion‚ are these markets efficient? Why? The capital market is the part of the financial system concerned with raising capital by dealing in stocks‚ bonds‚ and other long term investments. A primary market is a market where a company is issuing stocks or bonds to a potential interested buyer. After the primary market which is the initial public offering is the secondary market. The secondary market allows people
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workshop on the development of bond market in Bangladesh. Bond markets link issuers having long-term financing needs with investors willing to place funds in long-term‚ interest-bearing securitiBangladeshes. has both the issuers and the investors in place but it still has not been able to link them effectively through a bond market. The positive effect of developing a domestic bond market on the economy is well-known. On the one hand‚ bond markets are essential for a country to enter
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China’s Financial Market: 2006 Even though China’s financial system is highly under control‚ it has recently begun to expand quickly as monetary policy becomes important to its overall economic policy. Due to this effect‚ banks are becoming essential for china’s growing economy by lending more and more money to enterprises for investment purposes‚ which in turn increases the liquidity and also helps in lending money to the government. China’s financial development is aimed specifically at establishing
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Scenario of Financial Market of Bangladesh Scenario of Financial Market of Bangladesh: * 72.19%‚ of domestic savings is stacked in the form of term deposits with the commercial banks. * Nationalized Commercial Banks (NCBs) dominates the banking sector accounting for 54.55% of public deposits. * Fixed income securities including non-transferable instruments constitute 27.81% of domestic debt. * Corporate debentures are only less than 1% of the debt securities market. * 20%
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Chapter 9 Question #1 What characteristics define the money market? -Money market securities are short-term instruments with an original maturity of less than one year. These securities include Treasury Bills‚ commercial paper‚ federal funds‚ repurchase agreements‚ negotiable certificates of deposit‚ banker’s acceptances‚ and Eurodollars. Money market securities are used to “warehouse” funds until needed. The returns earned on these investments are low due to their low risk and high liquidity
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE REAL ECONOMY John H. Cochrane Working Paper 11193 http://www.nber.org/papers/w11193 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 March 2005 This review will introduce a volume by the same title in the Edward Elgar series “The International Library of Critical Writings in Financial Economics” edited by Richard Roll. I encourage comments. Please write promptly so I can include your comments in the
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There are three types of market efficiency: Ø - when prices are determined in a way that equates the marginal rates of return (adjusted for risk) for all producers and savers‚ market is said to be allocationally efficient; Ø - when the cost of transfering funds is “reasonable”‚ market is said to be operationally efficient; Ø - when prices fully reflect all available information‚ market is said to be informationally efficient. Bachelier (1900): In the opening paragraph of his
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Financial Markets and Institutions‚ 6e (Mishkin/Eakins) Chapter 1 Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions? 1.1 Multiple Choice 1) Financial markets and institutions A) involve the movement of huge quantities of money. B) affect the profits of businesses. C) affect the types of goods and services produced in an economy. D) do all of the above. E) do only A and B of the above. Answer: D Question Status: Previous
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Solution to Derivatives Markets: for Exam FM Yufeng Guo June 24‚ 2007 www.guo.coursehost.com c °Yufeng Guo ii Contents Introduction 1 Introduction to derivatives 2 Introduction to forwards and options vii 1 7 29 79 129 141 3 Insurance‚ collars‚ and other strategies 4 Introduction to risk management 5 Financial forwards and futures 8 Swaps iii CONTENTS CONTENTS www.guo.coursehost.com c °Yufeng Guo iv Preface This is Guo’s solution to Derivatives Markets (2nd edition ISBN 0-321-28030X)
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