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Match the terms on the left with the definition in the column on the right




Match:
1


foreign exchange

2


exchange rate

3


spot exchange rate

4


forward exchange rate

5


floating exchange rate system

6


fixed exchange rate system

7


depreciation

8


appreciation

9


devaluation

10


revaluation

11


arbitrage

12


triangular arbitrage

A)a fall in the market price of a floating currency
B)a rise in the market price of a floating currency
C)the trade of one national currency for another.
D)a discrete official increase in the otherwise fixed par value of a currency
E)the process of buying and selling to make a (nearly) riskless pure profit
F)a system in which the exchange rate of a currency is determined in the marketplace and not by government or central bank intervention.
G)a discrete official reduction in the otherwise fixed par value of a currency
H)the process of making a riskless profit by arbitraging through three exchange rates.
I)the price for "immediate" exchange
J)the price for an exchange that will take place sometime in the future.
K)a system in which officials try to keep the exchange rate of a currency pegged even if the rate they choose differs from the equilibrium rate.
L)the price at which two national currencies aretraded.







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