Why Convert Currency?

8/10/99


Click here to start


Table of Contents

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

Why Convert Currency?

Foreign Exchange (Fx)

Foreign Exchange Exposure

Exchange Market/Exchange Rate

Functions of the Foreign Exchange Market

Currency Risk

Reducing Risk

Foreign Exchange Transactions April 1995 (Percent)

The Hierarchy of International Financial Centers

Share of Global Foreign Exchange Trading Accounted for by London, New York, and Tokyo

Fx Market Turnover in Major Centers

Trading Hours of the World’s Major Financial Centers

Economic Theories

Law of One Price

Purchasing Power Parity

The Big Mac Index Purchasing Power Parity: 1995

Japanese Big Mac Valuation (Yens Over (+) or UNDER (-) Valuation Against the Dollar)

East Asian Big Mac Valuation

Inflation and the Money Supply

Exchange Rate Forecasting

Factors Influencing Currency Value

Currency Convertibility

Author: Richard Hall