Average daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange (forex) markets increased more than five fold from 2001 to 2019. In total - covering both spot transactions and forex derivatives like swaps, forwards and options - the average daily turnover of the U.S. dollar as of April 2019 amounted to 5.8 trillion U.S. dollars. The forex - or foreign exchange market - turnover per day is a figure that is not often measured, only once every three years. No figures are available for 2020, for instance.
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Bank for International Settlements. (December 8, 2019). Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
Bank for International Settlements. "Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 8, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
Bank for International Settlements. (2019). Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
Bank for International Settlements. "Daily Turnover of The U.S. Dollar on Global Foreign Exchange Markets from 2001 to 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
Bank for International Settlements, Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Daily turnover of the U.S. dollar on global foreign exchange markets from 2001 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bank for International Settlements, December 8, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277593/usd-activity-trading-day-global-currency-market/
