How to Use foreign exchange in a Sentence

foreign exchange

noun
  • Our country has to export more in order to earn more foreign exchange.
  • 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
  • There is now what could be taken as evidence that the memers had it right: the U.S. dollar has been slumping on foreign exchange markets.
    David Z. Morris, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2020
  • His first posting was in the foreign exchange department.
    Fortune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Ken Cheung, chief Asian foreign exchange strategist at Mizuho Bank, said the meeting was a positive sign that the two sides were keen to find common ground.
    Laura He, CNN, 15 Nov. 2022
  • To make payments in rubles, these gas purchasers will have to buy the currency first, either from the Central Bank of Russia or on the foreign exchange market.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2022
  • In addition, Russia also can’t tap into the large share of its central bank’s foreign exchange reserves that are frozen in the West.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Bri Smith works with foreign exchange students and recently moved to Columbus, about 73 miles west of Houston.
    Miguel Marquez, Jay Croft and Carolyn Sung, CNN, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Platinum, along with gold and diamonds, is a key source of foreign exchange for Zimbabwe.
    Godfrey Marawanyika, Bloomberg.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • In foreign exchange markets, the dollar’s value is strong right now—the greenback has more buying power than it’s had for almost 20 years.
    Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 20 May 2024
  • Phillips described them only as a foreign exchange student and an out-of-state visitor.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
  • 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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