Forecasting currency changes using Econometrics

Hi,

I was just wondering if econometrics is often used by traders themselves to forecast currency changes? Is that something that often happens in IB's such as RBS, JP, GS etc? Or is it mostly trader's hedging their risk? Also what does it mean to 'hedge' your risk

The reason I am asking is I'm writing a personal statement to apply for Economics at university and I had previously done some work experience in RBS in their Markets division and I was really interested in how mathematics and economics is used in finance.

Thank you

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