Look up: Floating-rate

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   Floating exchange rate
   A country's decision to allow its currency value to freely change. The currency is not constrained by central bank intervention and does not have to maintain its relationship with another currency in a narrow band. The currency value is determined by trading in the foreign exchange market.
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   Floating exchange rate
   A currency exchange rate that is determined by buyers and sellers without government intervention. A floating exchange rate system is where the external value of the currency is allowed to find its own value against other currencies. The value will be determined by supply and demand in the foreign exchange market. The value will then rise or fall according to changes in supply and demand.
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   Floating exchange rate
   A `floating exchange rate` or a flexible exchange rate is a type of exchange rate regime wherein a currency's value is allowed to fluctuate according to the foreign exchange market. A currency that uses a floating exchange rate is known as a floating currency. The opposite of a floating exchange rate is a fixed exchange rate. Many economists think that, in most circumstances, floating exchange rates are preferable to fixed exchange rates. They a...
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   Floating exchange rate
   A country`s decision to allow its currency value to change freely. The currency is not constrained by central bank intervention and does not have to maintain its relationship with another currency in a narrow band. The currency value is determined by trading in the foreign exchange market.
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   floating exchange rate
   (from the article `international trade`) ...steadily, there was not a corresponding increase in the supply of international reserves. By 1973 payment imbalances led to an end of the system ... The floating exchange-rate system emerged when the old IMF system of pegged exchange rates collapsed. The case for the pegged exchange rate is ba...
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   Floating Exchange Rate
   When the currency value of a nation is determined by trading in the foreign exchange market, free from constraint by central bank intervention. Discover What It’s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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   Floating exchange rate
   A regime in which a country's exchange rate is allowed to fluctuate freely and be determined without intervention in the exchange market by the government or central bank.
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   Floating interest rate
   In business and finance, `floating interest rates`, a `floating rate`, variable rate or adjustable rate refers to any type of loan, bond, mortgage or credit that does not have a fixed rate of interest over the life of the loan. Such loans typically use an index or other base rate for establishing the interest rate for each relevant period. One of the most common rates to use as the basis for applying interest rates is the London Inter-bank Offere...
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   Floating Rate
   Refers to the condition whereby exchange rates are relatively free to change. It can also refer to an interest rate which changes relatively quickly or frequently.
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    Floating Rate
    Interest rate that is reset periodically, usually every couple of months or sometimes daily.
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    Floating-Point SPECbaserate
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    Floating-Point SPECrate
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