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The pace of growth in foreign exchange trading has slowed in recent years, but the numbers are nonetheless impressive. Looking at the data in Table 3.2, the top row – Foreign exchange instruments – shows that overall turnover in the world markets in 2010 was up 18% on 2007 and over 300% since 2001. The growth was largely driven by spot transactions, which were up 48%, and by outright forwards, which increased by 31% from 2007 to 2010. These are referred to in the market as plain vanilla transactions by virtue of their simplicity.