Foreign exchange
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Foreign exchange may refer to:
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Finance
- Foreign exchange marketForeign exchange marketThe foreign exchange market is a global, worldwide decentralized financial market for trading currencies. Financial centers around the world function as anchors of trading between a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers around the clock, with the exception of weekends...
s, where money in one currency is exchanged for another - Exchange rateExchange rateIn finance, an exchange rate between two currencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency...
, the price for which one currency is exchanged for another - Foreign exchange reservesForeign exchange reservesForeign-exchange reserves in a strict sense are 'only' the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks and monetary authorities. However, the term in popular usage commonly includes foreign exchange and gold, Special Drawing Rights and International Monetary Fund reserve positions...
, holdings of other countries' currencies - Foreign exchange controlsForeign exchange controlsForeign exchange controls are various forms of controls imposed by a government on the purchase/sale of foreign currencies by residents or on the purchase/sale of local currency by nonresidents.Common foreign exchange controls include:...
, controls imposed by a government on the purchase/sale of foreign currencies - Retail foreign exchange platform, speculative trading of foreign exchange by individuals using electronic trading platforms
- Foreign exchange risk, arises from the change in price of one currency against another
- International tradeInternational tradeInternational trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, such trade represents a significant share of gross domestic product...
, the exchange of goods and services across national boundaries - Foreign exchange company, a broker that offers currency exchange and international payments
- Bureau de changeBureau de ChangeA bureau de change or currency exchange is a business whose customers exchange one currency for another. Although originally French, the term bureau de change is widely used throughout Europe, and European travellers can usually easily identify these facilities when in other European countries...
, a business whose customers exchange one currency for another - Currency pairCurrency pairA currency pair is the quotation of the relative value of a currency unit against the unit of another currency in the foreign exchange market. The currency that is used as the reference is called the counter currency or quote currency and the currency that is quoted in relation is called the base...
, the quotation of the relative value of a currency unit against the unit of another currency in the foreign exchange market - Digital currency exchanger, market makers which exchange fiat currency for electronic money
Media
- Foreign Exchange (CNBC World)Foreign Exchange (CNBC World)Foreign Exchange, which debuted on June 27, 2005, is a business show on CNBC World focusing exclusively on trading in the currency markets....
, a television news series on CNBC World - Foreign Exchange (1970 film)Foreign Exchange (1970 film)Foreign Exchange is a 1970 British television thriller film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Robert Horton, Sebastian Cabot and Jill St. John. It was based on a novel by Jimmy Sangster. A former British spy arranges an exchange of captured spies with Russia.-Cast:* Robert Horton ... John...
, a British television film - Foreign Exchange (2008 film), a 2008 film starring Jennifer Coolidge
- Foreign Exchange (TV series)Foreign Exchange (TV series)Foreign Exchange is an Australian fantastic's television programme broadcast by Southern Star during 2004. It starred Lynn Styles as Hannah O'Flaherty, a feisty Irish girl, and Zachary Garred as Brett Miller, a sun-drenched Australian boy. The pair are brought together from opposite sides of the...
, television show made by Southern Star Entertainment - Foreign Exchange (US TV series), a weekly public television show in the US, previously hosted by Fareed Zakaria
- The Foreign Exchange, a hip-hop duo
Other
- Foreign exchange service (telecommunications)Foreign exchange service (telecommunications)In telecommunication, foreign exchange service is a network-provided service in which a telephone in a given exchange area is connected, via a private line, to a central office in another foreign exchange, rather than the local exchange area where the device is located.To call originators, it...
, connection of a phone to a non-local office - Foreign student exchange, a school program in which students study in another country for a time
- FC Forex BraşovFC Forex BrasovFotbal Club Forex Braşov is a Romanian professional football club from Braşov, Romania, founded in 2003.The club almost managed to promote in the 2006–07 season of Liga I, but lost in the playoffs to Unirea Urziceni....
, a Romanian professional football club from Braşov