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Invested in treasury bills. Similar funds or stabilization accounts are operated by other countries.

Commentary and Notes to Text 6.7.1.4

1. exchange equalization account — стабилизационный (компенсирующий) счет

2. the Treasury — Казначейство

3. offsetting major fluctuations — компенсация основных колебаний

4. the spot market price — цена на рынке наличного товара

5. treasury bills — казначейские вексели

6.7.1.5. Read, translate the text “The Issue of Banknotes in the UK,” and give an annotation

of it in Russian.

Banknotes in England had their origin in the receipts issued by London goldsmiths in the seventeenth

century for gold deposited with them for safe-keeping. The whole practice of banking

Exchange Equalization Account in the UK

The Issue o f Banknotes in the UK

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had its origin in the activities of these goldsmiths, who began lending money and whose deposit

receipts came to be used as money. Later the goldsmiths issued banknotes, and so did the banks

that developed later still. Today only the Bank of England and the Scottish and Irish banks in the

UK are allowed to issue banknotes. Since 1931, when banknotes became inconvertible to gold, the

promise on a banknote to “pay the bearer on demand” has simply been an undertaking that the

note is legal tender. Thus, the Currency and Bank Notes Act of 1954, which regulates the issue of

banknotes in Britain, refers to the fiduciary issue. Only four denominations of notes are now issued

to the general public, the largest being the 50 note. Most other developed countries issue notes of

much larger denominations than this, probably because the use of cheques is less developed elsewhere

than in Britain. (The 10s. note was replaced by the 50p coin in 1969 and a 1 coin was

Introduced in 1983, entirely replacing the £1 note in 1986.)

Commentary and Notes to Text 6.7.1.5

1. London goldsmiths — лондонские мастера золотых дел

2. to deposit — класть на хранение

3. to lend — ссуживать, одалживать, кредитовать

4. deposit receipts came to be used as money — сохранная расписка стала использоваться в

качестве денег

5. legal tender — законное платежное средство

6. fiduciary issue — фидуциарная (основанная на доверии) эмиссия

6.7.2. Match the following terms with the correct definition

Work with a partner.

1. par value

2. purchasing power parity

(PPP)

3. gold standard

4. reserve currency

5. currency

a) A primarily theoretical international monetary system in

which nations fix their exchange rates in terms of gold. Thus

all currencies are fixed in terms of each other. Any balanceof-

payments problems could be made up by shipments of gold.

b) Notes and coins that are the “current” medium of exchange

in a country.

c) The legally established value of the monetary unit of one country

in terms of that of another.

d) A currency which governments and international institutions

are willing to hold in their gold and foreign exchange reserves,

and which finances a significant proportion of international

trade.

e) The relationship of two currencies when changes in the exchange

rate reflect only relative changes in the price levels in

the two countries.

6.7.3. Read the text, complete it using the words from the box, and translate it into Russian

stable, hold, Euro, market, reserves, conditions

By reserve currency economists mean a currency which governments and international institutions

are willing to ... (1) in their gold and foreign exchange ... (2), and which finances a significant

proportion of international trade. These two ... (3) normally require that (a) the value of the currency

must be ... (4) in relation to other currencies, (b) the currency is that of a country which

holds an important share of world trade, (c) there exists an efficient foreign exchange ... (5) in

which the currency may be exchanged for other currencies, and (d) the currency is convertible.

The major reserve currency is the US dollar which accounts for over 50 per cent of the total, followed

by the European Currency Unit with the ... (6), the Japanese yen and the UK sterling.

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