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Some companies overlook the fact that the foreign exchange exposure arises when the sales contract is signed or the order accepted.

"These guys are profit centers, and their mandate is to make sure there is no hit on the bottom line from foreign exchange exposure."

He estimated that large corporations with foreign exchange exposure were still buying foreign currencies and selling the dollar short, meaning they expect the dollar to continue to weaken.

Forward currency contracts The Group uses forward currency contracts to hedge foreign exchange exposure on anticipated foreign currency receipts.

Frank Bramble, chairman of Allfirst, said that last week a manager in the treasury division reported becoming suspicious of Mr. Rusnak's foreign exchange exposure and asked him about it.

There has been some research on the risks firms must consider when operating in many countries, such as the three kinds of foreign exchange exposure for various future time horizons: transactions exposure, accounting exposure, and economic exposure.

While he spoke fondly of the prospect of his first real vacation in 43 years and assuming chairmanlike duties like flying around the world and meeting with the heads of countries, he also promised to remain involved in such abstruse matters as hedging Citigroup's foreign exchange exposure.

To combat the associated foreign exchange risks, companies have implemented many of the following tactics and strategies; First, multinational companies have to assess at the individual country and consolidated levels three kinds of foreign exchange exposure for various future time horizons, transactions exposure, accounting exposure, and economic exposure.