Are bank’s speculative profits at the expense of traders?
Banks extract large profits through speculative trading on the foreign exchange markets and some authors have argued that banks are the winners and that the traders of goods and services are the losers in this game of foreign exchange dealing. The author argues that banks earn a return through provi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associazione Economia civile
2013-10-01
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| Series: | PSL Quarterly Review |
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| Online Access: | https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/10945 |
| Summary: | Banks extract large profits through speculative trading on the foreign exchange markets and some authors have argued that banks are the winners and that the traders of goods and services are the losers in this game of foreign exchange dealing. The author argues that banks earn a return through providing a service of smoothing exchange rates over time and that this represents a benefit to international traders in other markets. It is argued that the banks' speculative trade raises economic efficiency in the real economy by reducing the volatility of exchange rates.
JEL: F31, G21
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| ISSN: | 2037-3635 2037-3643 |