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Capital Flight and Slowing Exports – Revaluation

Ro Econ — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:32:15 +0000

Q. What kind of policies would policy makers Central Bank (CB) consider with: an exchange rate system with a "fixed E system", high export growth, a rise in inflow of capital in the past few years, a problem emerging with growth of exports are slowing down and most profitable opportunities are getting exhausted. Oh yea, [...]

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Foreign Exchange Markets: Devaluation and Revaluation

Ro Econ — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:51:16 +0000

We are re-posting this popular article about the foreign currency and the devaluation and revaluation systems. After all, what's the point of trying to predict foreign exchange markets (FOREX) if you don't even know how the market moves and reacts to change? The world's largest market that is open 24 hours does react to certain [...]

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How to Predict Foreign Exchange Movements Before They Happen

Ro Econ — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:32:29 +0000

The reason domestic currencies drop may baffle some newbie FOREX investors since many movements are rooted in what are called 'expectations'. You see, currency movements move up or down (depreciate or appreciate) based on expectations and/or real announcements. Here is an article to help you track currency movements because predicting currency movements is a skill [...]

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Canadian Dollar Hits 1.0225, Three Year High

Ro Econ — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:03:33 +0000

Running on a renewed high from the rising oil prices, the Canadian dollar appreciated against the American dollar to hit over 1.0225 USD cents to 1 CDN cent. The CDN dollar hit the three year high amidst turmoil in Northern Africa with the potential fall of oil-rich Libya who have reportedly stopped production to the [...]

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Loonie’s Affect on Equity Funds? Solutions?

Ro Econ — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:23:20 +0000

The fall and dramatic rise of the Canadian dollar over the last 12 months is a prime example of the volatility that currency adds to Canadians' global investments. What does this mean for financial investments? Put simply, the dollar increase meaning foreign investors a) would like to invest into Canadian funds because of the hot [...]

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Managed exchange rate system over fixed or floating

Ro Econ — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:29:01 +0000

Q. Why do you think Central Banks might prefer a managed exchange rate system over a fixed or a floating exchange rate? A. Managed exchange rate systems permit the government to place some influence on an exchange rate that would otherwise be freely floating. Managed means the exchange rate system has attributes of both systems. [...]

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Canadian Dollar Set to Hit Par Again – Impact on Interest Rates

Ro Econ — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:06:38 +0000

Why Higher Dollar Means Bank of Canada Can Keep Interest Rates Unchanged The Canadian dollar is on a tear, and some think that a correction is due, but over the longterm the CDN dollar is strong given the nature of the economy. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has noted the trend but also considers [...]

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Comparing Foreign Currencies to US Dollar (Dinar v Dollar)

Ro Econ — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:27:55 +0000

We're migrating some posts from the old economics forum to our blog. This is one from 2007. I have been discussing with my friends on how some currencies compare against USD. For example, the Kuwaiti Dinar is the most expensive currency in the world (1 KWD = 3.55 USD = 1.77GBP). Also, 1 US Dollar [...]

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Question – Interest Rate mvmt to help Currency?

Ro Econ — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:26:53 +0000

Q. If a currency falls in value, does the central bank raise or decrease the interest rate to make it gain in value again? A. Typically the FED won't move interest rates just for the dollar. Here is a brief run down of how movements in the interest rate affects the dollar. Change in the [...]

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Falling Dollar and slowing US Economy

Ro Econ — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:20:08 +0000

User techy246 from our now defunct economics forum posted this question that had a few responses. We're reposting it here in the blog for your view. 1. Since Europe exports to usa a lot, how can they let their currency keep going up?....is it possible that they are not using USD as the currency of [...]

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