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- Chapter 2
The Foreign Exchange
Market
- Objectives
• To describe the FX market
• To identify participants and currencies
• To describe the Australian FX market
• To describe the mechanics and technology of FX
trading
(cont.)
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- Objectives (cont.)
• To introduce some exchange rate concepts
• To illustrate FX position keeping
• To introduce some FX jargon
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- Definition
• The FX market is the market where national
currencies are bought and sold against one another.
Foreign exchange consists mainly of bank deposits.
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- Characteristics
• It is the largest and most perfect market
• It is needed because every international transaction
requires a foreign exchange transaction
• It is an over-the-counter (OTC) market
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- Market participants
• Foreign exchange traders buy and sell currencies
directly or indirectly
• Arbitragers exploit exchange rate anomalies;
hedgers cover open positions; speculators take open
positions
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- Categories of participants
• Customers
• Commercial banks
• Other financial institutions
• Brokers
• Central banks
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- Interbank operations
• The FX market is dominated by interbank operations
• Participants in the interbank market are market
makers, other major dealers and second-tier banks
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- Size and composition
• The size of the global FX market is measured by the
sum of daily turnover in FX centres
• A survey is coordinated by the BIS every three years
for this purpose
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- Daily turnover in the FX market
(USD billion)
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- Geographical distribution of FX
market turnover (%)
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- FX market turnover by counterparty
(institutional type)
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- FX market turnover by counterparty
(locality)
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- Currency composition of the FX
market
(by single currencies)
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- Currency composition of the FX
market
(by currency pairs)
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- Traded currencies
• The US dollar is the most heavily traded currency
• The euro and the yen are heavily traded because of
the importance of Europe and Japan in the world
economy
(cont.)
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- Traded currencies (cont.)
• The pound is heavily traded for historical reasons
• Currencies that are heavily traded in certain financial
centres and lack liquidity in others: CHF, CAD
(cont.)
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- Traded currencies (cont.)
• Currencies that are traded locally, but internationally
are traded for international trade purposes: AUD,
NZD, HKD
• Third world currencies: soft or exotic currencies
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- The AUD FX market
• The market consists of the banking system and
non-bank dealers authorised by the Reserve Bank of
Australia (RBA)
• The market has grown since the flotation of the AUD
in 1983
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- Daily turnover in the Australian FX
market (USD billion)
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