currency speculator
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcurrencyandspeculator
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currency
noun
uk/ˈkʌr.ən.si/us/ˈkɝː.ən.si/
the money that is used in a particular country at a ...
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speculator
noun[C]
uk/ˈspek.jə.leɪ.tər/us/ˈspek.jə.leɪ.t̬ɚ/
a person who buys goods, property, money, etc. in the hope of selling them at ...
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(Definition ofcurrencyandspeculatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Most lucrative of all business occupations is thought to be that of internationalcurrencyspeculator.
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What is necessary is to throw some sand into the wheels of the currency speculators, stockbrokers and option traders.
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The currency speculators moved in very quickly and drove us out.
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At a stroke, the establishment of the euro will see off the currency speculators.
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Up to date the central banks have been playing this game on grounds of the currency speculators' own choosing.
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Currency speculators do not care what their activities will do to a nation state.
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It leaves us too vulnerable to raids by currency speculators on the foreign exchange.
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Currency speculators had a one-way bet against our currency.
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Do we not owe a vote of thanks to the currency speculators?
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The fall of the euro results from international currency speculators deciding that they do not want to buy the euro at the moment.
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They are not in business to have to be currency speculators.
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Without such intervention, our industries and economies are too much at the mercy of the currency speculators.
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I read this morning in two or three of the newspapers that those currency speculators made £2 billion in a few chaotic days.
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We seem to have given up the monitoring and control of money, which has resulted in money controlling us and currency speculators controlling entire states.
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This seems to be a logical step because at least it makes the game of the international currency speculators somewhat less attractive.
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Unless the circumstances are right, it offers currency speculators a one-way option at the expense of governments and can inflict large losses on the authorities.
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It will be subject to raids, and all the currency speculators and futures buyers across the globe will concentrate on it and will bring it down.
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No doubt other proposals for alleviating the fluctuating exchange rates which at the moment only appear to be of benefit to currency speculators are on the table for discussion.
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I put it to them that they are simply pandering to the ignorant social prejudices of a handful of foreign currency speculators, and the bankers abroad.
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Traders include large banks, central banks, institutional investors, currency speculators, corporations, governments, other financial institutions, and retail investors.
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