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The risk that arises from a change in currency rates.
The risk of losses or other adverse effects resulting from a change in a foreign exchange rate, or from other unfavourable changes in relation to a foreign currency.  


This can take the form of
(i) a receipt/payment of more or less home currency than expected when a transaction is settled (transaction risk), or


(ii) a change in asset/liability values in a balance sheet, profit /loss in an income statement (translation risk), or
Examples include:
 
(iii) a change in competitiveness as rates change relative to buyers, suppliers or competitors (economic risk).
*A final receipt/payment of a different amount of domestic currency equivalent, than expected when a currency transaction was committed to (transaction risk)
*A change in asset/liability values in a balance sheet, profit/loss in an income statement (translation risk)
*A change in competitiveness as rates change relative to buyers, suppliers or competitors (economic risk).  
 
 
A more complex area of foreign exchange risk concerns contingent, or pre-transaction risk.


A more complex area of risk concerns contingent, or pre-transaction risk.


Also known as Currency exposure or Foreign exchange risk.
Also known as Currency exposure or Foreign exchange risk.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Contingent risk]]
* [[Contingent risk]]
* [[Cross-currency interest rate swap]]
* [[Cross-currency interest rate swap]]
* [[Foreign exchange risk]]
* [[Currency]]
* [[Currency management]]
* [[Devaluation]]
* [[Redenomination risk]]
* [[Pre-transaction risk]]
* [[Transaction exposure]]
* [[Transaction exposure]]
* [[Translation exposure]]
* [[Translation exposure]]


[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Latest revision as of 23:31, 20 November 2021

The risk of losses or other adverse effects resulting from a change in a foreign exchange rate, or from other unfavourable changes in relation to a foreign currency.


Examples include:

  • A final receipt/payment of a different amount of domestic currency equivalent, than expected when a currency transaction was committed to (transaction risk)
  • A change in asset/liability values in a balance sheet, profit/loss in an income statement (translation risk)
  • A change in competitiveness as rates change relative to buyers, suppliers or competitors (economic risk).


A more complex area of foreign exchange risk concerns contingent, or pre-transaction risk.


Also known as Currency exposure or Foreign exchange risk.


See also