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Overview
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Function and Structure of FX Market FX Market Participants

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Shares of Reported Global Foreign Average Electronic Foreign Exchange
Exchange Turnover by Country Conversations per Hour (Monday–Friday, 2001)
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Correspondent Banking Relationships Correspondent Banking Communications

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Function and Structure of FX Market FX Market Participants

Correspondent Banking Relationships Correspondent Banking Communications

Average Daily Foreign Exchange Turnover Exchange Rates

Spot FX Trading Cross-Rate Trading Desk

The Forward Market Forward Rate Quotations

Forward Cross-Exchange Rates Non-Deliverable Forward Contracts

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