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What is meant when a currency is said to float? What does it mean for a currency to be pegged? What types of currencies are commonly floated and pegged?

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What is an export-import bank?



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Answer to Question 1

When exchange rates are set by supply and demand considerations, a currency is said to float. When a currency is pegged, its exchange rate is set to another currency. Hard currencies normally float. Soft currencies are sometimes pegged to their largest trading partners.

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An export-import bank is an independent bank established by a government to finance or insure the export sales of a country's products.





 

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