How to Use foreign exchange in a Sentence

foreign exchange

noun
  • Our country has to export more in order to earn more foreign exchange.
  • Then along comes Stig, a Swedish foreign exchange student who's even taller.
    Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2019
  • But after the rent went up recently, there are now foreign exchange students and a young white couple in the small building.
    Milton J. Valencia, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Nov. 2019
  • No market is more liquid and nothing is more heavily traded than foreign exchange.
    John Authers | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Income from tourism and bauxite, the main earners of foreign exchange, had plunged in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
    The Economist, 9 Nov. 2019
  • In addition, the central bank’s system of allocating foreign exchange at the official rate is opaque.
    Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The tobacco industry, one of the main earners of foreign exchange, shrank quickly as farms were seized and production plummeted.
    Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Despite the success of the sale, the kingdom’s decision not to list the company on a larger foreign exchange points to concerns about a global offering would raise.
    Aya Batrawy, SFChronicle.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Edna and her family also hosted several foreign exchange students.
    courant.com, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Institutions will also require authorization to sell pesos on the foreign exchange market.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Had the Mullahs with about $4billion in foreign exchange.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023
  • China has the largest foreign exchange reserves in the world.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Sep. 2022
  • What if the creature was part of a foreign exchange program?
    Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Hong Kong’s foreign exchange reserves are the world’s eight-largest.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The witness ran toward a group of foreign exchange students and asked them to call 911.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The steep rise in cases has roiled the foreign exchange markets, with the British pound sterling falling 0.3% against the dollar.
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Loan rates have moved up sharply, stock prices have dropped, and the dollar has strengthened in foreign exchange markets.
    David Wilcox, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
  • While the show was being filmed, the Rihns had a foreign exchange student from Madrid living with them.
    Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The money appears to have been raised from the bank’s foreign exchange reserves and an auction to importers.
    Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Malawi devalued the kwacha by 25% in May to address a shortage of foreign exchange.
    Karl Lester M Yap, Bloomberg.com, 12 Feb. 2023
  • One way to do that is by swapping the gold for a more liquid foreign exchange that is not subject to current sanctions.
    CBS News, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The nation is reeling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the record plunge in oil, which accounts for more than 90% of its foreign exchange earnings.
    Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • In an unprecedented move, the People's Bank of China in late April cut the amount of foreign exchange banks must hold as reserves to 8% from 9%.
    Laura He, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • By the start of March, Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves dwindled to $3 billion—just enough for three weeks of imports.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The increase will force banks to deposit more foreign exchange assets, putting downward pressure on the yuan.
    Ben Westcott, CNN, 2 June 2021
  • Max's two younger brothers also came to live with the Wabaunsees as foreign exchange students.
    Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021
  • The widening trade surplus has also helped China boost its foreign exchange reserves, already the largest in the world.
    Laura He, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Daniil Rusanyuk is a 17-year-old Ukrainian foreign exchange student who has been studying in Texas for the past six months.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Investors should note that these stocks are exposed to foreign exchange fluctuations.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2024
  • One of Argentina’s longest-standing problems has been the shortage of foreign exchange reserves.
    María Victoria Murillo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024

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