The main participants in the foreign exchange market include foreign exchange dealers, financial and non-financial customers, central banks and brokers. Participant # 1. Foreign Exchange Dealers: Most commercial banks in the United States customarily have bought and sold foreign exchange for their customers as one of their standard financial services. But beginning at a very early stage in the development [...]
The following points highlight the techniques used to manage foreign exchange risk. The techniques are: 1. Doing Nothing 2. Pre-Emptive Price Variation 3. Risk Sharing 4. Maintaining a Foreign Currency Bank Account 5. Transfer Pricing 6. International Forfaiting 7. Discounting of Bills of Exchange 8. Money Market Operations and a few others. Technique # 1. Doing Nothing: This method suggests [...]
The following points highlight the five main theorems on foreign exchange rate determination. The theorems are: 1. Law of One Price 2. Interest Rate Parity Theorem 3. Purchasing Power Parity Theorem 4. Fisher Effect 5. International Fisher Effect. Theorem # 1. Law of One Price: The law of one price asserts that when there are no significant costs or other [...]