Foreign Exchange Forecasting Can Be Either Long-Term, or Short-Term in Duration

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Essay

Foreign exchange forecasting can be either long-term, or short-term in duration. Compare and contrast the motivation for and the techniques a forecaster might use for each of the time periods.

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Definitions:

Kilometers

A unit of measurement equal to 1,000 meters, commonly used to measure distances between geographical locations.

Eroded

The process by which natural forces remove soils, rock, or dissolved material from one location and transport it to another, often leading to changes in landscape and topography.

Volcanic

Pertaining to the processes associated with the eruption and formation of volcanoes and their emitted materials.

Basalt

A dark, fine-grained volcanic rock that is formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet.