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The currency in which financial statements are presented.


The worsening of a financial position when effectively 'locked in' to a course of action or to a particular fixed price or rate, compared with the alternative which could have been followed without the lock-in.


For example, there is always a risk of opportunity losses when we use a fixing instrument to effectively lock in a (committed) market price.
==See also==
* [[Functional currency]]


We are effectively locked in to the predetermined and committed market price, instead of being free to take advantage of actual market rates (if they turn out to be more favourable).
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Any loss resulting from a failure to take advantage of an opportunity.
 
 
== See also ==
* [[Fixing instrument]]
* [[Opportunity risk]]
* [[Regret risk]]

Latest revision as of 07:07, 2 July 2022

The currency in which financial statements are presented.


See also