One cash flow is generally fixed, while the other is variable, that is, based on a a benchmark interest rate,
floating currency exchange rate, or index price.
Not exact matches
With the
floating of the
currency in 1983, the first of these goals has been interpreted to mean price stability, rather than literally the stability of the
exchange rate.
This kind of money has been made by speculating on Brazilian, Indian and Chinese securities and those of other countries whose
exchange rates have been forced up by credit - flight out of the dollar, which has fallen by 7 % against a basket of
currencies since early September when the Federal Reserve
floated the prospect of quantitative easing.
On 10 November, the central bank abandoned the rouble's trading corridor, allowing the
currency to
float freely, stabilising the
exchange rate.
Wars, periods of high inflation, lapse of the gold standard, introduction and lapse of the Bretton Woods agreements and adoption of the current
floating exchange rate system in 1973 drove
currency fluctuations.
Most of the Asian economies with freely
floating currencies have experienced some
exchange rate falls against the US dollar in recent months.
The dollar became a fiat
currency, one backed by an arbitrary decree from the U.S. and the
floating exchange rates we have today were born.
But the capacity of the
floating exchange rate to respond to terms of trade changes — with the
currency tending to appreciate when international commodity prices rise — is an important shock absorber for the Australian economy.
The foreign
exchange market began in the 1970's when free
exchange rates and
floating currencies were introduced.
The collapse of Bretton Woods system in 1973 and the shift of major
currencies to
floating exchange rate regimes lessened the reliance on the SDR as a global reserve asset.
But if your country's
exchange rate is
floating, the value of the
currency could go up or down, and you'd want to adjust the cost of your goods to ensure you're still making money.