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The ever growing foreign exchange market
16 Sep 2013

The ever growing foreign exchange market

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Course material, Financial products | 4

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) produced its triennial detailed review of foreign exchange (FX) markets on 5 September 2013. What we learn from this is that the FX market is vast, growing and still dominated by dollar trading in … Continued

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How to evade capital controls
13 Apr 2013

How to evade capital controls

by Simon Taylor | posted in: China, Course material, Finance sector, International affairs | 0

The latest data on China’s foreign exchange reserves, showing a rise of $130 billion to $3.4 trillion, suggest that capital is flowing into China again after an apparent outflow ahead of the change of government in late 2012.  There is also … Continued

foreign exchange, foreign reserves, international finance
China’s balance of payments: current and capital accounts now pulling in different directions
18 Sep 2012

China’s balance of payments: current and capital accounts now pulling in different directions

by Simon Taylor | posted in: China, Course material, Economics | 14

Every country’s economic relations with the rest of the world are summarised in the balance of payments. This is divided into the current account, which records the flows of trade and income, and the capital account, which records the flows … Continued

balance of payments, China, foreign exchange, foreign reserves

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Simon is a member of the finance faculty group at Cambridge Judge Business School. From 2008-18 he was the first Director of the University of Cambridge Master of Finance (MFin) degree, and he is now Director of the University's Global Executive MBA. An economist and former equities analyst at JPMorgan and Citigroup, he teaches on financial markets and institutions, infrastructure finance and the world financial system. He is a Fellow in Economics at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. His book on nuclear power in the UK was published in March 2016.

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