Sentences with phrase «currency speculation by»

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Back in 2014, he wrote a Financial Times op - ed in which he criticized the virtual currency for being «unsuitable as a means of exchange» and said it was only attractive for two reasons: anonymity — as desired by money launderers and tax evaders — and speculation.

The dollar has also made fresh advances against the offshore Chinese yuan (the rate that isn't as tightly controlled by the People's Bank of China), indicating a fresh wave of speculation against the Chinese currency.

«It means all the hype caused by speculation is boosting a really interesting virtual currency economy, and the world is starting to treat it like other currencies, as value, which is regulated.»

Precious Metals prices are influenced by current events, market speculation, currency values, supply and demand and buying power.

Some analysts said the sharp swings in offshore exchange rates and borrowing costs appeared to be engineered by the Chinese leadership, as a way to ease depreciation pressure on the renminbi and to discourage speculation — namely short - sellers, investors who bet on declines in the currency, often by using borrowed funds.

After all, why should businessmen invest in hiring more labor to work in factories, when they can make higher rates of return by financial maneuvering and currency speculation?

And they are to relinquish public spending to private contractors, and not to interfere with the international flow of investment funds, not even to impede capital flight by domestic elites or speculation against their national currencies.

Quantitative easing subsidizes U.S. capital flight, pushing up non-dollar currency exchange rates Quantitative easing may not have set out to disrupt the global trade and financial system or start a round of currency speculation, but that is the result of the Fed's decision in 2008 to keep unpayably high debts from defaulting by re-inflating U.S. real estate and financial markets.

The emerging markets sell - off intensified on Monday with stocks heading for their worst day in almost six months even before Latin American bourses opened, and currencies weakened further until the Turkish central bank prompted speculation it might raise rates by calling an emergency meeting.

The large majority of currency speculation is done by traders who have no other purpose for buying and selling currencies than profiting on price changes.

While speculation is typically driven by economic, global and market effects, price action is sometimes volatile, and significant adjustments in currency value can take place quickly.

Forex trading is the business of making speculations on the rates of currencies and assets; such as gold or silver and earn profit by investing money; and is easily managed from any part of the world.

Living primarily in Belize City and Orange Walk, they formed an aloof, close - knit community that, by the late 1980s, dominated Belize City retail trade and played a major role in currency exchange and speculation.

By questioning investments in art as proof of self - expression — through tactics of anonymity, collective agency, shared authorship, appropriated identities, delegated curating and art making, and financial speculation — works in the exhibition highlight how subjectivity has been treated as a form of living currency to exploit, market and sell to.

Unsurprisingly, with this latest political coup by the entrenched president, there is much speculation and worry about the already fragile and almost non-existent fiat currency system.

Skycoin is setting the gold standard of the crypto economy by creating a cryptocurrency that is not prone to the speculation and inflation that debases crypto and fiat currencies.

The market for virtual currency is still young so it's only natural that it has become a target of speculation, but I think it has potential as a currency that is not restricted by country.

a) High price volatility as investments tied to Virtual Currencies are highly unstable and are primarily based on speculations; b) Failure / closure of Virtual Currency exchanges / businesses due to any reason including action by law enforcement agencies; and c) Hacking / security compromises of cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet businesses.

Today, XRP is being experimented with by several money transfer companies, but the digital currency is not widely used for anything — well, other than speculation.

The SBP took the action on account of the following risks: • Virtual currencies are highly volatile, unstable and the prices are primarily based on speculations; • The failure and closure of virtual currency exchanges and businesses for any reason, such as action by law enforcement agencies; and • The number of security compromises of virtual currency exchanges and wallets worldwide in which large amount of funds have been lost.

With the digital currency, trading at record highs on mere speculation there is now a strong reason to be a bear and make a considerable profit by hedging against it.