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This 6 page paper outlines what is meant by Eurocurency, such as the EuroDollar and paper considers the development of the market. The paper then looks at the role this market plays and how it is different from the domestic money markets. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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File: TS14_TEeurocur.rtf
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evolved the financial tools themselves have had to adapt, meeting the needs of the markets for which they have developed. One of the tools used in international markets is that
if Eurocurrency. This was developed as a result of movements in the financial world during the 1950s. During the 1950s the majority
of international trade that took place was in sterling (UK pounds), this may be seen as a remnant from the former strong colonial position of Britain. The trade was facilitated
by the UK banks, who held large deposits and made large loans to the importers and exporters. This was also supported by the presence of Lloyds insurance in London and
traditional practices. The environment was one of fairly simple transactions and as such arrangements were mot complex. The Suez Canal Crisis was to change the environment and have some far
reaching consequences. The crisis in 1956 was one that put pressure on sterling, The result of this was the need for restrictions
due to the problems, the move made was to restrict the lending of sterling to foreign borrowers in order to try to reduce the pressure that was being placed on
the currency. The idea was that where forgoing investors or borrowers had the currency they were in a position to add to the pressures, however if they did not have
them, they would not be in a position to add to the pressure by selling the currency at a lower rate (Howells and Bain, 1998). The supply was being restricted
in order to help support the price. The selling of sterling by others was also a practice which the banks were not fond of, as this took away of the
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