FX Market
Global over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of all currencies - the United Nations recognizes 180 different currencies used with over 195 countries. The United States Dollar (USD) is the most popular with over 66 countries using the USD or pegging their currency to it. The decentralized global FX market determines the foreign exchange rate by including all aspects of buying, selling and exchanging currencies at current or future market prices. The FX market has the largest trading market volume in the world.
Long-Term Currency Drivers are tracked by corporations for their balance sheets, policy makers, sovereign wealth funds, institutional buyers/sellers. Drivers include: long-term valuations, fundamentals, technicals, risk appetite, flows, event risks, policymaker biases, positions, and flows. Long-term forecasts are usually based on a framework of 2-5 year Currency outlooks based on things like the Big Mac Index and PPP.