Exchange Currency

funding currency

A currency with a low interest rate that is borrowed to purchase currencies with higher rates during a currency exchange. The Japanese Yen has typically been a popular funding currency.

Related information about funding currency:
  1. Funding Currency Definition | Investopedia
    The currency being exchanged in a currency carry trade. A funding currency typically has a low interest rate. Investors borrow the funding currency and take ...
     
  2. Euro finds its niche as a funding currency - MarketWatch
    Jul 26, 2012 ... SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — With the European Central Bank's key lending rate at a record low, the euro has emerged as a funding ...
     
  3. The Euro Is Becoming A Funding Currency - Seeking Alpha
    Dec 13, 2011 ... By Simon Lack. I spent a few days in London last week, meeting with investors and discussing my book. I also managed three separate TV ...
     
  4. What is funding currency? definition and meaning
    Definition of funding currency: A currency with a low interest rate that is borrowed to purchase ... The Japanese Yen has typically been a popular funding currency.
     
  5. Yen Is No Longer a Funding Currency for Carry Trade - CNBC
    Jul 8, 2012 ... John Noonan, Senior FX Analyst at Thomson Reuters says that the Euro, instead of the Japanese yen, is now the funding currency for carry ...
     
  6. Forex Flash: Yen not dollar funding currency - UBS - NASDAQ.com
    Sep 17, 2012 ... FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - USDJPY rose above 78 despite the Fed embarking on QE3, and according to UBS, there are good reasons for the.
     
  7. Euro – the new funding currency of choice
    Jul 6, 2012 ... Euro – the new funding currency of choice The past week has seen a shift in the outlook for the euro. Not that long ago people thought that if the ...
     
  8. Euo Becomes Main Funding Currency | Market Traders Institute
    Jul 10, 2012 ... Euro surpasses US dollar as the world's main funding currency. USD is still strengthening as the news progresses. Are your Forex trades ...