Most Foreign Exchange Transactions Are Through the U

question 20

Multiple Choice

Most foreign exchange transactions are through the U.S. dollar. If the transaction is expressed as the foreign currency per dollar this known as ________ whereas ________ are expressed as dollars per foreign unit.

• A) European terms; indirect
• B) American terms; direct
• C) American terms; European terms
• D) European terms; American terms

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Definitions:

Compounded Monthly

Interest calculated on the initial principal and also on the accumulated interest of previous periods, with the process happening every month.

Compounded Semi-annually

Interest calculated on the initial principal, which also includes all of the accumulated interest from previous periods, applied twice a year.

Equivalent Cash

A term typically used to describe a sum of money that has the same value as another form of financial instrument or asset.

Compounded Semi-annually

Involves the calculation and addition of interest to the principal sum twice per year.