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What is an example of interest rate change in forex?
Let's use EUR/JPY. Say the BoJ (Bank of Japan) rate is 0.1% and ECB (European Central Bank) is around 0.5%. If BoJ increased interest rates to 0.5%, then their rates will be the same as ECB. However, these changes will entice investors to move their assets to Yen, because they want to get some profit from the changes. Such movement will cause the rise of demand on Yen so that its exchange rates against Euro will rise too.
On the contrary, if BoJ lowers their interest rates to 0.05%, investors will sell their Yens and move their investment into other kinds of assets like bonds, property, or another currency with higher interest, Yen's exchange rates will decrease.
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What are the biggest banks that trade forex?
Based on a survey in 2019, JP Morgan, UBS, and Deutsche Bank are the top 3. Each has a market share of 10.78%, 8.13%, and 7.58% of the global forex market respectively.
They are followed by Citi (5.53%), HSBC (5.33%), Goldman Sachs (4.62%), State Street (4.61%), and Bank of America Merrill Lynch (4.5%).
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How does forex market manipulation works?
Forex market manipulation involves trying to influence other traders' behavior to gain an advantage and potentially cause losses for others. Manipulators seek to control market prices, particularly in currency pairs, by pushing prices in their favor while leaving other traders with losing positions.
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How to keep track of forex interest rates?
The only way to know the change of interest rates of any major country is by monitoring the economic calendar. Besides, the released schedule of the interesting announcement of central banks, which is released once a month, is also important. The demand for a currency will be very sensitive to the central bank interest rate. Traders using certain strategies like carry trade pay the most attention to the news of interest rates changes.
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