Currency Markets
Seemingly, the most obvious buyers and sellers of currency are importers and exporters of goods. While this may have been true in the distant past, when international trade created the demand for currency markets, importers and exporters now represent only 1/32 of foreign exchange dealing, according to the Bank for International Settlements.
The picture of foreign currency transactions today shows:
- Banks/Institutions
- Speculators
- Government spending (for example, military bases abroad)
- Importers/Exporters
- Tourists
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