Example sentences of "[adj] exchange rate " in BNC.

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1 However , we should not do that if we joined at the wrong exchange rate — as happened , as the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) explained , with eastern Germany .
2 He said that the deutschmark had been introduced into the former East Germany in mid-1990 [ see p. 37660 ] " with practically no preparation or possibility of adjustment , and , I would add , at the wrong exchange rate " ; the result had been " a disaster " and rendered eastern Germany " completely uncompetitive " .
3 But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction .
4 But he added that , with three-quarters of the company 's business now overseas , foreign exchange rates were moving in the right direction .
5 High and volatile inflation rates also had an impact on financial institutions and markets as evidenced by fluctuating interest and foreign exchange rates .
6 Foreign exchange rates
7 Sometimes central banks intervene to smooth out price fluctuations but overall independent market forces determine foreign exchange rates .
8 London takes note of foreign exchange rates quoted in Tokyo , Singapore and Bahrain .
9 Many have complex option features , related not only to the share price — as with warrants and convertibles — but possibly to interest rates and/or foreign exchange rates if the instrument includes issuer call or investor put features .
10 These features can be difficult to price ; even if mathematical models are prepared , pricing will still be sensitive to certain inputs to the model , most importantly subjective estimates of future volatility of financial variables such as the share price , interest rates or foreign exchange rates .
11 These exposure drafts , which are still outstanding for comment , are : E 41 , Revenue Recognition ; E 42 , Construction Contracts ; E 43 , Property , Plant and Equipment ; E 44 , The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates ; E 45 , Business Combinations ; and E 46 , Extraordinary Items , Fundamental Errors and Changes in Accounting Policies ( see also ACCOUNTANCY , July , p 95 , and September , p 106 ) .
12 Movements in foreign exchange rates will affect the sterling value of the principal deposited or borrowed and your finance director will not thank you for saving £50,000 by earning interest at 1 1/2 % above UK rates if you lose £1m when the foreign currency is reconverted to sterling .
13 ‘ Improvement in the economy , the level of interest rates and foreign exchange rates will be decisive for the degree to which an improvement of our results can take place , ’ the company said .
14 These industries export well over 50 per cent of the output and any exogenous change in foreign exchange rates can have a dramatic effect on costs , relative prices and therefore sales .
15 Steps already taken in response to IMF recommendations included the regulation of banks ' capital-to-assets ratio ( January 1991 ) , the freeing of foreign exchange rates ( Feb. 27 ) , electricity and petrol price rises , and a sales tax levied at highest rates on luxury goods ( May 4 ) .
16 Investment risk — sometimes called ‘ position ’ risk , where changes in foreign exchange rates , interest rates or asset prices cause losses on investments .
17 Foreign exchange rate fluctuations
18 Need to know the changes in the Financial Times Index as they happen ? … or the latest foreign exchange rate ?
19 Alas , no : because the forward foreign exchange rate will vary from the current ‘ spot ’ price by an amount which reflects the interest rate differential .
20 Product revenues declined because of continuing weak economic conditions , highly competitive pricing and the negative impact of foreign exchange rate movements , although the company continued to ship more computer systems than a year ago — but at a lower average price per system .
21 In March 1990 the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and World Bank officially approved the government 's new economic austerity measures , which included further devaluation , cuts in public spending and food subsidies , and a tightening of the money supply , as well as the introduction of a two-tier foreign exchange rate [ see below ] to encourage exports and to increase hard currency earnings .
22 A new exchange mechanism had been introduced on Sept. 29 to enable the dong to respond to gold and foreign exchange rate fluctuations on the open market .
23 The results of some recent studies for the pound-dollar , franc-dollar , mark-dollar and lira-dollar exchange rates are set out in table 3.1 .
24 Not until the bureaucratic nonsense of the EC is inevitably replaced by an expanded EFTA , free exchange rates and an expansion of world free trade , will prosperity improve .
25 In his Walden interview , Bryan studiously refused to answer whether he would pull out of the ERM if we could n't get an acceptable exchange rate .
26 The campaign argues that the use of high exchange rates to squeeze inflation — by hitting corporate profits and therefore companies abilities to award inflationary pay increases — is ‘ not a subtle process ’ but is simply the ‘ brutal and old fashioned one of deflation . ’
27 The campaign argues that the use of high exchange rates to squeeze inflation — by hitting corporate profits and therefore companies abilities to award inflationary pay increases — is ‘ not a subtle process ’ but is simply the ‘ brutal and old fashioned one of deflation . ’
28 And these high exchange rates and interest rates were particularly responsible for the 1980 collapse of manufacturing production in the UK .
29 The Chancellor made clear that henceforth he would rely more on the narrower definition of money , Mo , and maintain a high exchange rate ( and high interest rates ) to dampen inflation .
30 ‘ A high exchange rate and the monetary policy which underpins it is just as tough an instrument as domestic credit controls , tax increases or cuts in public expenditure . ’
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