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Foreign Trade And Exchange Vocab
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Answer 25 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rate the government sets and keeps as the official exchange rate
fixed exchange rate
World Bank
floating exchange rate
a company becomes multinational when...
2. When the headquarters/parent of the company is effectively owned in 2 or more countries
hard currency
floating exchange rate
put
a company becomes multinational when...
3. Started in 1975 - group of developed countries (US - Germany - France - Great Britan - Italy) Russia wants to join which would make it G8
Group of 7 (G7-G8)
International Monetary Fund
Bank for International Settlements
Interdependence
4. Founded in 1944 - international organization of 183 countries - promotes money cooperation
World Trade Organization
International Monetary Fund
call
currency
5. Sluggish economic growth - rising unemployment
floating exchange rate
Trade Bloc
International Monetary Fund
when there is not enough $
6. Inflation - value of money declines - prices rise
short on currency
long on currency
when there is too much $
European Union
7. A difference in the supply and demand will automatically be fixed in the market
currency
floating exchange rate
supply and demand (supply)
Group of 7 (G7-G8)
8. A generally excepted form of money
Bank for International Settlements
fixed exchange rate
soft currency
currency
9. Buy
when there is not enough $
World Bank
long on currency
call
10. Developing countries money (mexico - madagascar - Egypt)
when there is too much $
World Bank
soft currency
call
11. Developed countries money (america - england - japan)
International Monetary Fund
hard currency
World Trade Organization
Trade Bloc
12. Agreement where countries agree to trade together not illegal documents
Interdependence
Trade Bloc
supply and demand (demand)
put
13. Sell
hard currency
put
supply and demand (supply)
short on currency
14. Refers to how much quantity of product/service is desired by the buyer
World Bank
supply and demand (supply)
Trade Bloc
call
15. Founded in 1944 helps poorest people in the poorest countries - provides resources - shares knowledge - builds capacity in developing countries - tries to organize people and resources of country so they can be involved in the global market place
hard currency
a company becomes multinational when...
currency
World Bank
16. Largest market in the world - 24 hour buying and selling currencies takes place - no central headquarters
a company becomes multinational when...
FX Market
Bank for International Settlements
floating exchange rate
17. Relations between 1 economy and others around the world
Interdependence
tariff
European Union
FX Market
18. Represents how much the market can offer
supply and demand (demand)
Bank for International Settlements
floating exchange rate
put
19. In Switzerland - bank for central banks provides broad range of financial services - deals with value of currencies and Who is trading with whom
put
Bank for International Settlements
short on currency
a company becomes multinational when...
20. The rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another
short on currency
floating exchange rate
Interdependence
exchange rate
21. Trader purchases a lot of currency
European Union
put
long on currency
Interdependence
22. Established Januaray 1 - 1995 - only global international organization that deals with rules of trade between nations
long on currency
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
World Trade Organization
23. Began 1961 has 15 countries - euro in all 15 countries exchange and services and the right to work in other countries
put
European Union
Group of 7 (G7-G8)
Interdependence
24. A government tax on imports or exports - also called duty
Bank for International Settlements
tariff
World Bank
hard currency
25. Trader sells a lot of a currency
exchange rate
International Monetary Fund
put
short on currency