Foreign exchange market

...A general term for the place where foreign exchange transactions are conducted. It is sometimes abbreviated as the foreign exchange market. In a broad sense, it includes transactions between customers of foreign exchange banks (foreign exchange banks), but in a more narrow sense, it generally refers to a place where transactions between foreign exchange banks are conducted.

*Some of the terms used in the foreign exchange market are explained below.

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…外国為替取引が行われる場の総称。外為市場と略称することもある。広義に解すれば外国為替銀行(為替銀行)の対顧客取引も含まれるが，一般にはより狭義に為替銀行間取引が行われる場を指す。…

※「外為市場」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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