That the money market is a wholesale market means that O US dollars are only exchangeable for a bundle of foreign currencies, not a single foreign currency there are no brokers or dealers involved with money market transactions transactions are large, usually in excess of a million dollars the number of participants is very small, but the number of transactions is very large (high volunte)

That the money market is a wholesale market means that O US dollars are only exchangeable for a bundle of foreign currencies, not a single foreign currency there are no brokers or dealers involved with money market transactions transactions are large, usually in excess of a million dollars the number of participants is very small, but the number of transactions is very large (high volunte)

International Financial Management

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ChapterA6: Appendix 6: Government Intervention During The Asian Crisis

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