of the Indian rupee ….. What it means? .. It means anyone holding Indian rupees in any amount can convert it to other currencies like the American dollar‚ the Euro‚ the Japanese Yen or the Pound Sterling of the U.K.‚ on 24X7 basis round the year. We can buy a bottle of Coke in any remote village of Africa‚ if we have any of the above four currencies. But‚ the Coke dealer is more likely to refuse to accept the Indian rupee for the Coke he sells. This reluctance to have our Indian rupee accepted
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Exchange rates have a seemingly direct effect on the price of imports and exports. The concept of the pass-through effect relates to the degree by which a currency fluctuates and the impact this has on import and export prices in the market. Exchange rate pass-through refers to the percent change in the exchange rate between the exporting and importing countries. The degree to which different currencies fluctuate against each other and against various imports and exports is an entirely different
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Factors That Influence Exchange Rates Aside from factors such as interest rates and inflation‚ the exchange rate is one of the most important determinants of a country’s relative level of economic health. Exchange rates play a vital role in a country’s level of trade‚ which is critical to most every free market economy in the world. For this reason‚ exchange rates are among the most watched‚ analyzed and governmentally manipulated economic measures. But exchange rates matter on a smaller scale
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Differentiation Financial Hedging International Finance in Practice: Porsche Powers Profit with Currency Plays CASE APPLICATION: Exchange Risk Management at Merck Summary MINI CASE: Economic Exposure of Albion Computers PLC How to Measure Economic Exposure 1. Suppose the U.S. dollar substantially depreciates against the Japanese yen. The change in exchange rate a) Can have a significant economic consequences for U.S. firms. b) Can have a significant economic consequences for Japanese
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interest rate will rise. b. there is a surplus and the interest rate will fall. c. there is a shortage and the interest rate will rise. d. there is a shortage and the interest rate will fall. 3. Which of the following would tend to shift the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange in the open-economy macroeconomic model to the right? a. The exchange rate rises. b. The exchange rate falls. c. The expected rate of return on U.S. assets rises. d. The expected rate of return
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An Empirical Study on the impact of GDP‚Inflation‚BOP & Exports on the Exchange Rate ABSTRACT:- *Dr. Amitabh Joshi ** Rashmi Sharma *** Richa Tiwari The economy of India is the eleventh largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). In the 21st century‚ India is an emerging economic power with vast human and natural resources‚ and a huge knowledge base. Economists predict that by 2020.India will be among the leading economies
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Global recession and its impact on Pakistan economy Presented by HASSAM TARIQ Abstract There has been speculation that American would lead global recession and it could impact the global economy. IMF also predicted that in 2008 global growth would fall from 4.9 percent to 4.0 percent. US economy suffered thousands of layoffs and the biggest retail sales dip on record. Strong economies as that of UK‚ Germany‚ France and the new emerging one’s like China and India also fell pray to this recession
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contributor in Nigerian foreign exchange earnings‚ experienced a declining trend after economic reforms programmes (SAP). One of the most important ingredients of reforms programmes which have generated a lot of inconclusive controversies is the movement to flexible exchange rate which first occurred in the developed countries in 1973‚ and much later in the developing countries. The controversy especially for the developing countries is whether flexible exchange rate is actually as beneficial as mostly
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CNY/USD Exchange Rate Period to 1994: Prior to 1994‚ China maintained a dual exchange rate system. This consisted of an official fixed exchange rate system‚ which was used by the government‚ and a relatively market-based exchange rate system that was used by importers and exporters in “swap markets”. The two exchange rates differed significantly. For example‚ the official exchange rate with the dollar in 1993 was 5.77 Yuan versus 8.70 Yuan in the swap markets. The foreign exchange was highly
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increasing pressure to revalue its currency‚ the Renmbini (RMB) from US policy makers. Indeed‚ in July 2005 China succumbed to the pressure with a revaluation of roughly two percent. This quieted the objections for a few months; however US politicians are again applying pressure on China to further revalue the RMB. Concern relating to the ballooning US current account deficit is the major motivation for the political posturing. The US ’s current account balance is‚ as of 2005‚ in deficit by more than
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