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  • Fixed Exchange Rate

    A country’s decision to tie the value of its currency to another country’s currency, gold (or another commodity), or a basket of currencies….

  • Trade And Foreign Exchange

    Trade and foreign exchange in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: suggested by some for consideration in the WTO as a new trade issue. The entries on trade policy are here. It concerns the relationship between international trade and the exchange […]

  • Trade And Foreign Exchange

    Trade and foreign exchange in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: suggested by some for consideration in the WTO as a new trade issue. The entries on trade policy are here. It concerns the relationship between international trade and the exchange […]

  • Rate

    A tax or a sum of money assessed in respect of the enjoyment or occupation of real property in proportion to its value. It is a form of municipal taxation levied on property owners within the limits of that municipality. The unit cost of a commodity or service such as the rate for public […]

  • Forward Exchange Rate

    Exchange rate fixed today for exchanging currency at some future date….

  • Floating-Rate Payer

    In an interest rate swap, the counterparty who pays a rate based on a reference rate, usually in exchange for a fixed-rate payment…

  • Fixed-Rate Payer

    In an interest rate swap the counterparty who pays a fixed rate, usually in exchange for a floating-rate payment….

  • Bretton Woods Agreement

    An agreement signed by the original United Nations members in 1944 that established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the post-World War II international monetary system of fixed exchange rates….

  • Devaluation

    Devaluation

    Financial Definition of Devaluation Meaning of Devaluation A decrease in the spot price of the currency. International Trade Meaning and Definition of Devaluation The official lowering of the value […]

  • Gold Standard

    An international monetary system in which currencies are defined in terms of their gold content and payment imbalances between countries are settled in gold. It was in effect from about 1870-1914….

  • Revaluation

    An increase in the foreign exchange value of a currency that is pegged to other currencies or gold….

  • Emu

    EMU in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of EMU.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading EMU in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement […]

  • Emu

    EMU in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of EMU.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading EMU in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement […]

  • Interest

    Interest

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Interest Meaning of Interest In relation to being objectively concerned in something, by having a right or title to, a claim upon, or a share in. legal concern in a thing; especially right or title to […]

  • Mercantilism

    An economic philosophy of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries that called for maximizing exports and minimizing imports, thus creating a national profit that kings could spend on military prowess.