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A currency pair is the quotation of the relative value of a currency unit against the unit of another currency in the foreign exchange market.The currency that is used as the reference is called the counter currency, quote currency, or currency [1] and the currency that is quoted in relation is called the base currency or transaction currency.
24 January – RBZ caps daily variance of official exchange rate based on volume traded. The ZWD is able to fluctuate (from its average rate) in a daily band of: 0% (under US$5 million); 1% (US$ 5 to 10 million); 1.5% (US$ 10 to 15 million); or 2% (exceeds US$15 million). This effectively froze the official exchange rate.
A currency [a] is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. [1] [2] A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money in common use within a specific environment over time, especially for people in a nation state. [3]
This means the constituent exchange rates are all first defined vis-a-vis the USD. As an index, the home currency's value index against the USD since the base year (e.g., 1.98 means since the base year the currency has risen 98% against the USD) is divided by the geometric average of the trade-weighted value index of all currencies in a basket ...
Let us suppose also that the exchange rate to Japanese yen at the start of the year is 120 yen per USD, and 132 yen per USD at the end of the year. The value in yen of one USD has increased by 10% over the period. The deposit is worth 1.2 million yen at the start of the year, and 10,200 x 132 = 1,346,400 yen at the end of the year.
Current UGX exchange rates; From Google Finance: AUD CAD CHF CNY EUR GBP HKD JPY USD KYS ZAR: From Yahoo! Finance: AUD CAD CHF CNY EUR GBP HKD JPY USD KYS ZAR: From XE.com: AUD CAD CHF CNY EUR GBP HKD JPY USD KYS ZAR: From OANDA: AUD CAD CHF CNY EUR GBP HKD JPY USD KYS ZAR
SDRs were created in 1969 to supplement a shortfall of preferred foreign exchange reserve assets, namely gold and U.S. dollars. [3] The ISO 4217 currency code for special drawing rights is XDR and the numeric code is 960. [4] SDRs are allocated by the IMF to countries, [3] and cannot be held or used by private parties. [5]
Mixed exchange rate regimes ('dirty floats', target bands or similar variations) may require the use of foreign exchange operations to maintain the targeted exchange rate within the prescribed limits, such as fixed exchange rate regimes. As seen above, there is an intimate relation between exchange rate policy (and hence reserves accumulation ...