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FOREIGN EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENT [4 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The arrangement of a forward foreign exchange contract to protect a buyer or seller of foreign currency from unexpected fluctuations in the exchange rate.

Key term(s)
  • foreign exchange forward cover
  • forward exchange cover
  • forward foreign exchange cover

French

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

Contrat conclu entre une entreprise et sa banque en vertu duquel des devises sont achetées ou vendues par avance, à un cours fixé et à une échéance déterminée, moyennant un report ou un déport variable selon la devise et la durée du contrat.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Concertación de un contrato de cambio de divisas a plazos para proteger al comprador o vendedor de divisas de fluctuaciones inesperadas en el tipo de cambio.

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Record 2 2012-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Finance
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

... a convention whereby two units (general government or credit institutions) agree, at the request of one of them, to exchange the national currency of the unit requesting the swap for foreign currency at an agreed rate of exchange and at the same time of repayment for the reverse transaction to take place at a previously agreed rate of exchange.

CONT

Swap arrangement... is designed to permit a central bank to intervene in the foreign exchange market so as to retard speculative pressures on its currency.

CONT

The Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve have agreed to extend their expanded US $30 billion swap facility (reciprocal currency arrangement) to 30 October 2009. This expanded swap facility, originally announced on 29 September 2008, was initially set to expire on 30 April 2009.

CONT

A swap line is another term for a temporary reciprocal currency arrangement between central banks.

Key term(s)
  • reciprocal credit agreement

French

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

[...] contrat par lequel deux parties conviennent d'échanger des flux financiers sur une certaine période et selon une formule préétablie.

CONT

La SFI [Société Financière Internationale] accorde à la BISA [Banco Industrial S.A] des lignes de crédit réciproques.

Key term(s)
  • facilité de crédit croisé
  • contrat d'échange
  • accord d'échange

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Finanzas
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

Entre bancos centrales.

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Record 3 2001-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

Arrangement in which an indebted developing country undertakes, in exchange for cancellation of a portion of its foreign debt, to establish local currency funds to be used to finance a conservation programme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Économie environnementale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Economía del medio ambiente
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Record 4 2000-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

The individuals who are responsible for formulating and implementing monetary policy ...

CONT

Under a currency board arrangement, the monetary authorities commit to trade foreign exchange for domestic currency on demand at a fixed rate of exchange.

Key term(s)
  • monetary authority

French

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

Ensemble des organismes qui ont un rôle à jouer sur la politique monétaire d'un pays donné.

OBS

Source : Revue de la Banque du Canada, décembre 1989.

CONT

Dans les pays qui optent pour ce système, les autorités monétaires s'engagent à échanger à vue la monnaie nationale contre des devises à un taux fixe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
CONT

En este último tipo de régimen, las autoridades monetarias se comprometen a proporcionar divisas a cambio de moneda nacional a la vista, y a un tipo de cambio fijo.

Key term(s)
  • autoridad monetaria
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