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Originally Posted by akeakamai
Hey, does anyone know why the pairs are quoted as they are? ie. USD/JPY and not JPY/USD. I assume they've been like this for awhile, but who decided which way to put them?? There doesn't seem to be a pattern, except that the EUR gets to be the base currency all the time.
As you can tell, this isn't very important haha. Just curious here..  |
Try a web search of = Bretton-Woods Accord + forex
There are plenty of resources around. It's fun to explore though, isn't it?