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MARCHE LIBRE [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Banking
CONT

For the purposes of its open-market operations, the Bank of Canada is empowered to buy and sell in the open market from or to any person, either in or outside of Canada, securities, cable transfers, bankers' acceptances, and bills of exchange of the kinds and maturities that are defined as eligible for rediscount, with or without the endorsement of a chartered bank. In practice, open-market dealings are confined to Canadian investment dealers and financial institutions, and are transacted almost exclusively in Canadian government securities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Banque
DEF

[...] marché monétaire animé par la banque centrale qui fournit à l'ensemble des banques les liquidités dont elles ont besoin, en échange des effets acceptables par elle.

OBS

Le terme «open market» est un anglicisme couramment employé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Operaciones bancarias
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Record 2 2012-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Structure (Trade)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
  • National and International Economics
DEF

A market in which supply and demand are freely expressed in terms of price. Contrasts with a controlled market, in which supply, demand, and price may all be regulated.

CONT

In Canada, the economy is mostly a free market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie des marchés (Commerce)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
DEF

Marché où la concurrence joue librement et dans lequel les acheteurs et les vendeurs peuvent intervenir pour acheter ou vendre des biens, des services ou des facteurs de production à des prix déterminés sans contrainte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructura del mercado (Comercio)
  • Leyes del mercado (Economía)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
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