A Common Type of Swap Transaction in the Foreign Exchange

question 25

Multiple Choice

A common type of swap transaction in the foreign exchange market is the ________ where the dealer buys the currency in the spot market and sells the same amount back to the same bank in the forward market.

• A) "forward against spot"
• B) "forspot"
• C) "repurchase agreement"
• D) "spot against forward"

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Definitions:

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to allocate costs to partially completed goods, measured in terms of the amount of finished goods those partial items represent.

Weighted Average Method

A cost accounting method that calculates the cost per unit of inventory by considering the weight of each period’s inventory cost.

Weighted Average Method

An inventory costing method that assigns an average cost to each unit in inventory, calculated by dividing the total cost of goods available by the total units available.

Equivalent Units

A term used in cost accounting to represent a partial completion of a product, measured in units of a fully completed product.