A time bomb is waiting to explode in the Eurozone with Western European banks at risk of defaults on Eastern European loans. This leads me to wonder, how much isvthe US and the UK exposed to developing countries. So I compiled the following charts from the latest Bank of International Settlements data (as [...]

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Last year, the Bank of International Settlements announced that FX market volume increased 71 percent between 2004 and 2007 and amidst all of the financial market turmoil, trading is on the rise once again.
The equity, commodity and bond markets have been particularly tough this year, causing many investors to cut back on risk, [...]

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Bank of International Settlement’s Preliminary Triennel FX Report indicates that global FX volume has surged 71 percent to $3.2 trillion a day! The report was released this morning. The last time it was published was in 2004.
Here are the highlights:
*UK still the most active trading center, but both that and the US are losing [...]

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