Glossary

Updated 1 April 2019

This glossary offers definitions of technical terms commonly used in the BIS Quarterly Review.

The glossary is also available as a PDF file in ChineseFrench, German, Italian and Spanish. Last update in April 2019.

currency option

Contract that gives the buyer the right (but not the obligation) to purchase or sell a currency at an agreed exchange rate at or by a specified date.

Updated: 11 Dec 2016
currency option

Contract that gives the buyer the right (but not the obligation) to purchase or sell a currency at an agreed exchange rate at or by a specified date.

Updated: 11 Dec 2016