Press Release - Global FX trading averages $5.1 trillion a day in April 2016; spot trading falls while FX swaps rise - 1 September 2016
The 2016 Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange (FX) and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets activity shows a decline in FX spot trading for the first time since 2001, even as activity in FX derivatives continued to increase.