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Why has FX trading surged?

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  • Gabriele Galati
  • Michael Melvin

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The 2004 survey shows a surge in traditional foreign exchange trading. This seems to have been driven by momentum trading and carry trades in a global search for yield on the part of institutional investors and leveraged players as well as by hedging activity.

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  • Gabriele Galati & Michael Melvin, 2004. "Why has FX trading surged?," BIS Quarterly Review, Bank for International Settlements, December.
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    1. Gabriele Galati, 2001. "Why has global FX turnover declined? Explaining the 2001 triennial survey," BIS Quarterly Review, Bank for International Settlements, December.
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    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • C42 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Survey Methods

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