Exchange Rate Determinants in Mogadishu in 2011 Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim SIMAD University ibrahimkhaliil@yahoo.com Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of the exchange rate this study was set to analyze the Exchange Rate determinates in Somalia in due to 2011. There are two factors that are assumed to have strong relations with exchange. Descriptive and regression analysis was used to draw up the satisfactory conclusion. SOS-1 and SOS-2 were determinants
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Reducing Foreign Exchange Settlements A company that regularly conducts business in multiple countries must spend a considerable amount of time settling foreign exchange transactions. It may buy and sell the same currencies many times over as it processes individual payables and receivables. There are three ways to reduce the volume of these transactions‚ depending on the number of parties involved: Unilateral Netting: A company can aggregate the cash flows amongst its various subsidiaries to
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EXCHANGE RATES The exchange rate is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another country’s currency Quoted exchange rates can be either direct or indirect‚ Direct: home currency per unit of foreign currency 39 Rupees per US Dollars 80 Rupees per Pound Indirect: foreign currency per unit of home currency 0.0255102 US Dollar per Indian Rupee 0.491594 Pound per Indian Rupee Appreciation of Currency Currency Appreciation means that the given currency
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account position for the same period and you can see why there is concern over the issue. US politicians point to the rapidly accumulating foreign reserves held by China‚ now amounting to over $850 million‚ as evidence of currency manipulation. (The Times‚ 28Mar06). They make the case that maintaining the artificially low position of the RMB through foreign reserve accumulation deteriorates the US current account balance with China because it reduces the competitiveness of US industries with respect
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Factors that affect exchange rates. Like any price‚ the exchange rate deviates from the cost basis - the purchasing power of currencies – under the influence of supply and demand of currency. The ratio of the supply and demand depends on several factors. It reflects connections with other economic categories - cost‚ price‚ money‚ interest‚ balance of payments‚ etc. There is a complex of interweaving and nomination of decisive factors. Among them are the following. • 1.The rate of inflation. The
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BIDS-PRP WORKING PAPER SERIES Exchange Rate Policy under Floating Regime in Bangladesh An Assessment and Strategic Policy Options Working Paper No. 2 Monzur Hossain * Mansur Ahmed∗∗ October‚ 2009 * Research Fellow‚ Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) ∗∗ Research Associate‚ Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) BIDS-PRP WORKING PAPER SERIES Working Paper No. 2 EXCHANGE RATE POLICY UNDER FLOATING REGIME IN BANGLADESH: AN ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC POLICY OPTIONS
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1. We chose Japanese Yen as are benchmark exchange rate because Japan is part of the G-10 Countries with U.S. and one of the major economies in the world. Japan is also a Key U.S. Business Partner in importing and exporting goods and services. Through our findings we have developed our insight of the Japanese Yen being very volatile to the dollar. In the graph shown below‚ we can conclude that from 1995 till 1999 the Japanese yen was weaker against Dollar. The process has been repeated between the
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effect International Journal of Global Business‚ 7 (1)‚ 59-76‚ June 2014 60 Introduction Theoretically‚ depreciation of a local currency is good for the export sector‚ ceteris paribus‚ it would increase competitiveness of export goods in foreign markets. On the other hand‚ it would cause higher level of import price. The higher import price could bring inflationary pressure especially those who import a lot of industrial needs‚ energy resources and consumer goods. Hence‚ the overall economic
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BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS OF EXCHANGE-RATE CHANGES BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS OF EXCHANGE-RATE CHANGES Market Decisions On the marketing side‚ exchange rates can affect demand for a company’s products at home and abroad. A country such as Mexico may force down the value of its currency if its exports become too expensive owing to relatively high inflation. Even though inflation would cause the peso value of the Mexican products to rise‚ the devaluation means that it takes less foreign currency to buy the
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neither fixed nor flexible exchange rate system. China has announced in 2005 the “end of its firm peg against the dollar‚ instead allowing it to trade within a narrow band against a basket of currencies.” China regime is managed floating system where the currency increases very slowly year by year and the China government prevent the currency from changing quickly in the short term. The reason why Chinese government intervene in the currency market is to lower exchange rate to increase employment‚
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