Interest rate swaps are used by institutions and businesses to manage cash flows and interest rate exposure. Swaps involve the exchange of cash flows between two parties, with an intermediary handling ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A fixed-rate payment is a type of loan installment where the interest rate remains constant ...

Many economists argue that a flexible exchange rate regime is preferable to a fixed exchange rate regime because it helps to insulate the domestic economy from adverse external shocks. For example, ...

The impossible trinity in international economics explains the challenges countries face when attempting to achieve three key objectives for economic stability. The first objective is a fixed exchange ...

The operation of the Canadian economy under fixed and flexible exchange rates: simulation results from the TRACE model. This paper investigates two `old' questions concerning the operation of fixed ...

The Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'Economique, Vol. 50, No. 3 (August / Août 2017), pp. 804-837 (34 pages) This paper studies the costs and benefits of fixed and flexible exchange ...

A currency’s appreciation or depreciation can be influenced by a number of factors, including interest rates, trade, and politics. In the foreign exchange market, currency depreciation occurs when the ...

Ukraine to ease fixed currency rate from Tuesday Battered economy shows smalls signs of recovery KYIV, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine's central bank said it would bring in a more flexible exchange rate ...