软货币是指外汇市场上汇价不稳并且看跌的货币。通常将汇价不稳且看跌的状况,称之为货币“疲软”。在国际贸易中,以软货币结算一般有利于进口商;在国际信贷中,以软货币借款一般有利于债务人;国际储备中,一般不宜多保持软货币,以防汇价下跌遭受损失。外汇市场严重动荡时,软货币通常成为市场上抛售的对象。
为什么软货币在今天如此受欢迎呢?
有关欧元区会瓦解的说法被证明是无稽之谈,有些人担心欧元会沦为软货币(soft currency),现在看来也是毫无根据的。
Claims that the currency zone would fall apart have proved groundless. Nor is the euro a soft currency, as some had feared.
但随着美元兑更多货币走软,这种趋势正开始发生变化。
But that trend is starting to change as the U.S. dollar weakens against more currencies than just the yen.
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