Q. Who are the main participants in the foreign exchange market?

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Q. What is the foreign exchange market sometimes called due to the active involvement of banks in trading?

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Q. How does the foreign exchange market support international trade and investment?

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Q. What determines the relative values of different currencies in the foreign exchange market?

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Q. What is the status of the Global Foreign Exchange Market Turnover according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in April 2013?

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Q. What are the two main interbank FX trading platforms?

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Q. What instrument was the most actively traded in the foreign exchange market in April 2013, according to the BIS?

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Q. How much did the trading in foreign exchange markets average per day in April 2013, according to the BIS?

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Q. When did the liberalization of the Indian Economy take place?

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Q. What sector in India witnessed substantial growth after the liberalization of the economy in 1991?

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Q. What percentage of foreign currency loans and bonds of Indian firms is usually unhedged?

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Q. Why did the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ask banks to set aside incremental provisioning and capital requirements for exposures to entities with unhedged foreign currency exposures?

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Q. How can entities with unhedged foreign currency exposures affect the health of the banking system?

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Q. What is the Exchange Rate (ER)?

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Q. What is the main objective of the Foreign Exchange Market (FEM)?

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Q. Which of the following is NOT a type of transaction in the foreign exchange market?

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Q. In a spot transaction, when is the settlement date relative to the transaction date?

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Q. What is a characteristic of a Forward Transaction?

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Q. What is the "Spread" in the foreign exchange market?

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Q. What does "Cross rates" refer to in the foreign exchange market?

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