Financial Derivatives : The Currency and Rates Factor

Index

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Accessibility

currency futures market, advantages, 44

Activity-related variables

GDP, 229–30

ICSC—UBS store sales, 240–41

industrial production, 230–32

NAPM, 236–37

New York Empire State Index, 237

personal income and expenditure outlays, 237–38

Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s Business Outlook Survey, 234–36

retail sales, 239–40

supply management manufacturing index, 232–33

supply management nonmanufacturing index, 233–34

Additions and Amendments to Securities Contract (Regulation) Act, 1956, 18

Advantages of ISDA master agreement, 296

Amendments and Additions to Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, 19–20

Amount of foreign exchange contracts outstanding as on end-june 2010

global foreign exchange positions, growth, 9–10

positions by counterparty, ...