FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET: A market that trades foreign exchange. The currencies of the advanced nations, and many of the lesser developed ones, are at the top of what's traded in this market. The price at which one currency is traded for another in this market is the exchange rate. Like many "markets" this one is not located at any particular place, but includes transactions around the globe. As you might expect, banks handle a lot of these transactions.

     See also | currency | exchange rate | foreign exchange | market | floating exchange rate | fixed exchange rate | foreign investment |

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A shock to the long-run aggregate market caused by an increase in aggregate demand resulting in and illustrated by a rightward shift of the aggregate demand curve. An increase in aggregate demand in the long-run aggregate market results in an increase in the price level but no change in real production. The level of real production resulting from the aggregate demand shock is full-employment real production.

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