Business English: economics

February 12, 2009 | Posted by profanglais

Regulate: to control or supervise something by rules or laws.

Currency: the money that a country uses (devise)

Exhange rate

Interest rate: the cost of borrowing (taux d’intérêt)

Central bank: National bank that provides banking and financial services for its government.

Monetary Policy: the way a central bank controls the amount of money in the economy.

Fluctuate: the irregular rise and fall of an amount.

Speculate: Buying goods and shares in the hope that their value will increase

Inflation: A general increase in prices and a fall in the relative value of money.

Basis Point: a unit of measure.

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