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FOREIGN EXCHANGE SPECULATION [4 records]

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Record 1 2021-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
DEF

The theory and practice of monetary credit, banking, and promotion operations in the most comprehensive sense. It includes money, credit, banking, securities, investment, speculation, foreign exchange, promotion, reorganization, underwriting, brokerage, trusts, etc.

OBS

finance: term and text reproduced from The Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance, Tenth Edition (1993), by Glenn G. Munn, F.L. Garcia and Charles J. Woelfel, with the permission of the copyright holder, The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. In no event shall McGraw-Hill have any liability to any party for special, incidental, tort, or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this material.

OBS

finance; fin: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Ensemble des activités reliées aux affaires d'argent et de placement d'argent, notamment les activités d'investissement, les activités de financement, les activités boursières, les activités bancaires et les activités de crédit.

OBS

finance; fin : désignations d’usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

Greater competition, advanced information systems and exotic new securities have... led to increased speculation and excessive price volatility. Stocks, bonds and foreign exchange seem more susceptible to sudden and destabilizing shocks, and frequently trade at prices that appear inconsistent with market fundamentals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Bourse
CONT

La faiblesse des institutions financières peut, elle aussi, constituer un facteur de volatilité excessive des prix du marché. Il arrive que la volatilité du prix des actifs soit suscitée par une expansion excessive du crédit bancaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Precios (Comercialización)
  • Bolsa de valores
CONT

Uno de los puntos de la declaración final de la cumbre del G20 en Los Cabos (México, junio 2012) reconoce que "la volatilidad excesiva de los precios de las materias primas tiene consecuencias significativas para todos los países, al incrementar la incertidumbre de los actores económicos y al obstaculizar potencialmente la estabilidad presupuestal y la predictibilidad de la planeación económica".

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Record 3 2013-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • National and International Economics
OBS

The primary aim of the Tobin Tax, first proposed... by Professor James Tobin..., is to reduce exchange rate volatility. A uniform international tax payable on all spot transactions involving the conversion of one currency into another, in both domestic security markets and foreign exchange markets, the Tobin tax would, in theory, discourage speculation by making currency trading more costly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

L'économiste James Tobin [...] proposa [...] la création d'une taxe sur les opérations boursières. Il avait formulé, en 1978, l'idée d'un impôt qui serait prélevé sur la circulation internationale des capitaux pour décourager la spéculation financière en la rendant trop onéreuse. Cette imposition, jamais appliquée, concernait surtout les transactions à but spéculatif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
  • Economía nacional e internacional
OBS

El nombre de la tasa Tobin, que aparece en las noticias acerca de la aprobación en la Unión Europea de un tributo sobre las transacciones financieras, basado en los planteamientos del economista James Tobin, se escribe con minúscula en la palabra tasa. [...] Además, tanto tasa o impuesto Tobin como tasa Robin Hood son denominaciones ampliamente extendidas para referirse a estos tipos de tributos, por lo que no está justificado en ellas el empleo de las comillas.

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Record 4 1981-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Speculation in foreign exchange is more in danger of being destabilizing, since there is no natural par of supply and demand set by crop conditions and basic human demands for wheat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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