2. The world currency market: the functioning mechanism
The international market covers the currency markets of all countries of the world. They are understood as a chain of cable among themselves system cable and satellite communications of the world regional currency markets closely connected among themselves by system. Between them exists having poured means depending on the current information and forecasts of leading participants of the market concerning possible position of separate currencies.
The world currency market carries out movement of monetary resources between the states, mediating international trade in the goods and services, the international migration of capitals. In the world currency market the settlement and credit operations serving commodity transactions are carried out; operations; the operations causing movement of capitals from the country in the country; operations with securities.
The currency market in the international economy carries out following basic functions:
Service of the international turn of the goods, services and capitals. On a share of the currency transactions serving international trade, it is necessary about 10 % of all currency transactions;
Formation of the rate of exchange on the basis of a supply and demand on currency;
Granting of mechanisms of protection against currency risks, movements of speculative capitals. The currency transactions which have been not connected with service of world trade, and being purely financial transfers (gamble, hedging – the conclusion of the urgent transaction for price or profit insurance, etc.) prevail in the currency market;
Currency market use as tool for carrying out of a monetary and credit policy of the central bank of this or that country. The national currency markets exist in all countries with the developed market economy. In process of development of the national markets and their interconnection there was a uniform world currency market.
Preconditions of formation of the world markets of currencies are:
Internationalisation of economic communications;
Concentration of the capital in manufacture and a banking;
Development of interbank telecommunications.
The international currency market includes the global, regional, national (local) currency markets. These markets differ on volumes, character of currency transactions and quantity of the currencies participating in operations. The global currency markets concentrate in the international financial centres (MFTS).
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