1. But for all the benefits, the reality all too often is also overexposure to volatile currencies and troubled relationships with foreign partners. 2. European markets suffered under the weight of volatile currencies and high interest rates. 3. For all these reasons, volatile currencies put a tax on international business. 4. For three years before, banks made up for lack of income from troubled loans with profitable speculation in the volatile currency markets. 5. That helped keep inflation in check and gave exporters certainty amid the volatile international currency markets. 6. That stability will likely mean a less volatile currency, less fluctuation and fewer opportunities to take advantage of market downturns. 7. That policy had come about as the bank tried to respond to more volatile currency markets, and insure that borrowers were on an equal footing. 8. The Chicago Merc is pushing hard into futures tied to the volatile currencies, debt, and stock markets of developing countries. 9. They avoided foreign bonds, citing the volatile currency market. 10. To be sure, rising interest rates and volatile currency markets continued to be a dark cloud over bank trading rooms. |