変へん動どう相そう場ば制せい

noun

floating exchange rate system

Abbreviation of 変動為替相場制. Used in economic contexts to describe a system where currency values are determined by market forces rather than fixed by government policy.

See also: 変動為替相場制 (へんどうかわせそうばせい)

• 日本にほんは1973年ねんに変へん動どう相そう場ば制せいに移い行こうした。

  Japan shifted to a floating exchange rate system in 1973.

• 変へん動どう相そう場ば制せいの下もとでは、為替かわせレートは市し場じょうの需じゅ給きゅうで決きまる。

  Under a floating exchange rate system, exchange rates are determined by market supply and demand.