You’ve priced a job using today’s exchange rate but you don’t need to pay the supplier until next spring. A forward contract lets you set that rate now, so the number in your budget is the number you will pay. Here’s how it works.
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Your bank makes money every time you pay a foreign supplier. Not in fees — in the exchange rate itself. It’s legal, it’s standard practice, and most construction businesses have no idea it’s happening.