thebuyingandsellingofcurrencies,goods, etc. in which thepriceisfixednow fordeliveryon aparticulardatein thefuture:Sellingdollarsin theforwardmarketnow forpurchaseat somelaterdatecanboostprofit.(Definition offorward marketfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofforward market
forward marketIf one currency is expected to depreciate against a second, it is said the first currency is selling at a discount on theforwardmarket.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One implication of this is that the presence of aforwardmarketwill force spot prices to reflect current expectations of future prices.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus, hedgers will collectively hold a net short position in theforwardmarket.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If he speculates, he buys the foreign currency on theforwardmarket,5 incurring a cost (denoted by f ) that incorporates a (small) transaction cost and the interest rates' differential.From theCambridge English CorpusThus, we will get purchases of spot sterling and sales of forward sterling in the six monthsforwardmarket.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0On top of that, for many months now we have been putting off the evil day by operating in theforwardmarket.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0At one time it was possible, depending upon whether one was importing or exporting, to hedge in theforwardmarket.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Information on theforwardmarket: testing programme is unavailable as it is still under preparation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Because of the changes that are being introduced and theforwardmarket, electricity prices are already down.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0This has involved the sale of sterling, admittedly in theforwardmarket, but equally admittedly this has an immediate impact on the stock market.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/forward-market##
