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Exchange Rate

Exchange Rates
Currency band
Exchange rate
Exchange rate regime
Fixed exchange rate
Floating exchange rate
Linked exchange rate

Markets
Foreign exchange market
Futures exchange
Retail forex

Products
Currency
Currency future
Non-deliverable forward
Forex swap
Currency swap
Foreign exchange option

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Bureau de change

In finance, the exchange rates (also known as the foreign-exchange rate, forex rate or FX rate) between two currencies specifies how much one currency is worth in terms of the other. For example an exchange rate of 102 Japanese yen (JPY, ¥) to the United States dollar (USD, $) means that JPY 102 is worth the same as USD 1. The foreign exchange market is one of the largest markets in the world. By some estimates, about 2 trillion USD worth of currency changes hands every day.

The spot exchange rate refers to the current exchange rate. The forward exchange rate refers to an exchange rate that is quoted and traded today but for delivery and payment on a specific future date.

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I am currently paid an hourly rate-now my employer claims she is going to go salary for my position. Can she legally force me to do this even though I was hired in on an hourly basis without even discussing this issue w
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