Sunday, May 17, 2015

Unit 7 - FOREX

April 15, 2015

Foreign Exchange (FOREX): The buying and selling of currency.

The exchange rate (e) is determined in the foreign currency market. (The exchange rate is the price of a currency)

Tips
  • Always change the D line on the one currency graph, the S line in the other currency graph
  • Moves lines of two currency graphs in the same direction and you will have the correct answer.
  • If D on one graph moves up then so will the S on the other graph. And same if D on one graph moves left then S on the other graph will also move left.
Exchange rates are a function of the supply and demand for currency.
  • Increasing of supply in a currency will make it cheaper to buy one unit of that currency.
  • Decreasing in supply of a currency will make it more expensive to buy one unit of that currency.
  • Increase in demand for a currency will make it more expensive to buy one unit of that currency.
  • Decrease in demand for a currency will make it more cheaper to buy one unit of that currency.
Appreciation: Appreciation of a currency occurs when the exchange rate of that currency increases

Depreciation: Depreciation of a currency occurs when the exchange rate of that currency decreases.

Exchange rate determinants
  • Consumer taste
  • Relative income
  • Relative price level

1 comment:

  1. I like how your notes are very organized and everything is easy to read. However, I noticed you don't have the definition of purchasing parody; which is when currency rates are set by international markets and changes would be based on actual currency power of currencies.

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