Footnotes

Tables 2.11.3: Turnover on the Forward Exchange Market by the Contract Agreement
(Methodology in details is shown on page Financial Data: Methodology of statistical time series)

Annual rates are computed as arithmetical averages of monthly rates. Monthly rates are averages computed
from daily rates on working days, weighed with turnover. Foreign currency exchange offices also report transactions
on Saturdays, not shown in the table, but included in the monthly and annual totals.
Totals also include transactions between banks and enterprises and between banks solely. In addition to that
the transactions between enterprises are included until 30th September 1999 and the transactions of banks
with non-residents and households from 1st October 1999.
On the spot exchange market the timing of settlement is at latest 2 working days from the agreement. The
forward exchange market is designed for transaction where the timing of settlement is at least 2 woking days
after the agreement.
The data by the contract agreement are defined by the agreement time of the transaction. The data by the
contract settlement are time defined by the settlement time of the transaction.
Data for the turnover on the forward exchange market are available from October 1999. Also the data for
turnover by the settlement are available only from October 1999.