Sentences with phrase «currency used in that country»

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But in countries like the United States, China, Russia, Singapore and Switzerland, government groups have talked about using blockchains for myriad tasks, like issuing national currency or tracking identity records for citizens and visitors.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

A friend and I spent 10 days visiting four different countries in Europe — and since some of them were outside of the Euro zone, that meant that we'd be using three different currencies.

That same day, LINE Corporation, the company behind the LINE messaging app, which is one of the most widely used in several Asian countries, revealed plans to integrate a new range of «financial services, including a place to exchange and transact virtual currencies, loans, and insurance,» into the app itself.

Only a few years ago, China's current account surplus was the largest relative to GDP among significant countries, it was holding its currency down to maintain demand for its exports, and most software used on its personal computers and videos on sale in its major cities were pirated.

Because oil and refined products are traded in dollars, their import costs rise for countries using other currencies, potentially crimping demand.

FinCEN's regulations define currency (also referred to as «real» currency) as «the coin and paper money of the United States or of any other country that [i] is designated as legal tender and that [ii] circulates and [iii] is customarily used and accepted as a medium of exchange in the country of issuance.»

They even sought to sell local currencies to U.S. firms operating in these countries, so that the firms would not have to use dollars to buy these currencies on the foreign - exchange market.

The Philippine central bank, which regulates virtual currency exchanges in the country, has not endorsed the use of any cryptocurrency saying it is open to misuse.

«The market will have to get used to the fact that in order to prevent an economic overheating interest rates in the U.S. will continue to rise,» Commerzbank analysts said, predicting that rate differentials between countries would have a greater bearing on currencies and could cement euro / dollar around $ 1.20.

Some countries like China are cracking down on virtual currencies, while other countries like the U.S. have been cautious, encouraging their use in limited ways.

Foreign countries can prevent their currencies from rising against the dollar (which prices their labor and exports out of foreign markets) only by (1) recycling dollar inflows into U.S. Treasury securities, (2) by imposing capital controls, or (3) by avoiding use of the dollar or other currencies used by financial speculators in economies promoting «quantitative easing.»

At the other end of the spectrum, Bangladesh passed a law in 2014 stating that anybody caught using the virtual currency could be jailed under the country's strict anti-money-laundering laws.

The draft legislation is the latest in a series of income cuts, tax hikes and reforms imposed on austerity - weary Greeks since 2010, when the debt crisis exploded that brought Greece to the brink of bankruptcy and expulsion from the eurozone — the club of European Union countries that use the euro currency.

We can also see the value in the use of Bitcoin (and other crypto currencies) as an alternative to traditional currencies, particularly in countries or markets where there is little faith in the stability of the currency or where there are significant transactional restrictions in place.

Businesses in the 17 countries that use the euro became much more gloomy about their prospects in May as the currency area's fiscal crisis deepened.

Some cryptocurrency traders believe that people in first world countries will look to Bitcoin as an investment where countries in Africa, people will rather see Bitcoin as a new form of currency to use daily.

Using cryptocurrency, is also extremely safer than real currency, as cryptocurrency, is 100 percent digital, so it eliminates the risks of being stolen in robberies or other relating crime that occurs in these countries.

The European Central Bank, the top monetary authority for the 19 countries that use the euro as currency, has said its 30 billion euros ($ 37 billion) in monthly purchases will continue at least through September, but has given no fixed end date.

When GEM is in bonds, investors would use either their local country's aggregate bond index or a currency - hedged version of the US Aggregate Bond Index.

It has turned its debtor position into a lever, borrowing at no interest charge (to the extent that its currency circulates abroad) or at low interest (mainly from central banks in countries that have no other use for their surplus dollars.

«In a meeting with the board of directors of the post-bank on digital currency - based blocking chains, the bank set out the necessary measures to test the country's first digital currency using the country's elite capacity.

According to him, the problem with the euro, is that you have 17 different countries in different cycles using the same currencies.

On the political front, «Denominating oil contracts in yuan would promote the use of China's currency in global trade, one of the country's key long - term goals as an alternative to the dollar — making this even more appealing to sanctions - threatened countries relying on the dollar,» Ramady wrote in The National.

Consider using one of the credit cards issued in your home country while you're in the U.S. Pick the one with the lowest fees for foreign transactions or currency conversion.

If the purpose is to ask how vulnerable a country is to a currency crisis, gross debt (as has been used in the recent Asian episodes) is the better measure.

European Union is a union of 28 european countries which, unlike those in Euro Area, are able to use their own currencies and not only Euro.

Although currently Tokens are not regulated or are lightly regulated in most countries, including the United States, one or more countries may take regulatory actions in the future that severely restricts the right to acquire, own, hold, sell or use Tokens or to exchange Tokens for fiat currency.

Due to reprints and different minting years, not all dollar bills are going to look alike and last but not least, if you have had experience with US 2 dollar bills, UK 50 pound bills, or 500 Euro bills, you'd know universal acceptability is not true, let alone using your home currency in another country.

Having said that, they also post a warning against Americans: Whaleclub is accessible in over 190 countries with full privacy.Whaleclub live trading is NOT available to residents of the United States of America or any other jurisdiction where such services may be restricted.Despite this, there's no doubt that a host of nationalities that can not trade forex or digital currencies (Americans, Brazilians, Canadians, etc.) will do so with using the offshore facilities of Whaleclub.

In February, Mexico's central bank launched a US$ 20 billion currency hedging program — broadly similar to a policy used in 2015 by Brazilian policymakers to stem a fall in the Brazilian real — which had the advantage of providing support for the peso without draining the country's foreign - exchange reserveIn February, Mexico's central bank launched a US$ 20 billion currency hedging program — broadly similar to a policy used in 2015 by Brazilian policymakers to stem a fall in the Brazilian real — which had the advantage of providing support for the peso without draining the country's foreign - exchange reservein 2015 by Brazilian policymakers to stem a fall in the Brazilian real — which had the advantage of providing support for the peso without draining the country's foreign - exchange reservein the Brazilian real — which had the advantage of providing support for the peso without draining the country's foreign - exchange reserves.

In other words, if you use bitcoins abroad, you need not exchange your home currency for another country's.

2 stating «Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are distinct from «real» currencies, which are the coin and paper money of the United States or another country that are designated as legal tender, circulate, and are customarily used and accepted as a medium of exchange in the country of issuance.»

Using monthly consumer price indexes (not seasonally adjusted) for the four countries and monthly returns for spot gold (bullion) in the four associated currencies since January 1968, monthly survey - based U.S. inflation expectations since January 1978, and monthly returns on the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index (XAU) as a proxy for gold stocks since January 1984, all through December 2014, they find that: Keep Reading

The Wirex plastic card can be used for purchasing business necessities, as well as withdrawing funds to the local currency from ATMs that accept MasterCard in whatever country they are in.

But soon the word got out that the pungent pods were a reasonable and cheap substitute for black pepper, which was so expensive that it had been used as currency in some countries.

An attempt to charge a tax on a bitcoin transaction using your countries preferred currency (dollars, yen, rubies, gold pieces, bottlecaps) will be made harder by the fact that there could be a non-trivial difference in price between morning and evening, but again countries have seen this sort of thing with penny stocks and know how to handle the fluctuation.

Might be worth mentioning here that the US (almost uniquely) has a large debt that doesn't appear on the balance sheet at all, because there are so many countries that use US dollar bills for everyday internal commerce in preference to their own currency.

Even without the invasion (as in Ira, Libya), nobody will buy oil using those country currency as nobody able to hedge the risk, it is same for Russia.

Silver was also commonly used both as currency in itself and as a backing for paper money in many countries including the U.S. Ever hear of a «silver dollar»?

According to Vice president Dr. Bawumia, government has chosen a strategic shift and «we want to build a Ghana which looks to the use of its own resources and their proper management as the way to engineer social and economic growth in our country...» For him, a Ghana beyond aid means mobilizing and leveraging domestic savings and revenues transparently; expand financial inclusion with credit services and saving systems for all, especially women; and financing through local capital markets in local currencies.

After a promotion to Master of the Mint, he oversaw the recoinage of English currency, advised on economics, established the gold standard and replaced all the country's metal currency with improved, ridged coins (still in use today), which made it harder to shave off bits of the precious metals.

Dating Factory comes to the market with English, German, French, Spanish and Italian websites, tested and operational, including payment processing in various currencies to deal with all countries using these languages.

This template I have used in class so that you can create a display of children's work which contains all the basic information of a country of their choice - capital city, currency, flag, map with their own creativity by finding an interesting fact about the country.

If you live in a country that does not use dollar symbols as a sign for your currency, it would take you approximately 5 minutes to go through this powerpoint presentation and change the dollar symbols to the symbol that is used in your country.

For instance, Euro is used as a local currency in 17 European countries and is often used as a base currency in forex business.

If you want to use that money and maybe don't have the time to wait a few years if things should go bad, than you will definitely want to hold a good bunch of your money in the currency you buy most stuff with (so in most cases the currency of the country you live in) even if it is more volatile.

I am not sure about transferwise and how they work, but generally when I had to transfer money across countries, I ended up using a foreign currency / transfer company who needed the destination account details i.e. a GBP account in the UK in your case, and money from the source account.

A gold bar is a gold bar, no matter what country you live in or what currency you use.

Every country could, of course, band together and agree to use a single currency (as is the case in the European Union).