Friday, August 4, 2017

Factors That Determine The Value Of A Currency

By Alxa Roffel


Irrespective of whether you get involved in currency trading or not, the value of the US dollar does matter the most. Company's dong foreign sales definitely make a lot of money when the US dollar gets weaker, as the foreign exchange revenue increases, simply not because they are able to sell more goods, but simply because the earnings they will make after conversion will be larger. As the dollar gets weaker they do offer you with advantages but there are several disadvantages too.

One aspect of dollar weakening is increase in exports. Thus having a weaker dollar does help to increase US economy as it increases the competition among the US goods, moreover, it also helps in the increase of sales of goods. This has direct impact on the increase in foreign demand, while keeping the US consumer demand domestic.

This does benefit in the increase in sales of the US companies, which in turn creates opportunity for more jobs and consumer spending. As the economy of a country fails the trading decreases, weakening of the value of the currency also helps to counter the trade deficit, which is considered as the most troublesome aspect of US economy.

It also helps to increase foreign investments and there are different methods through which the foreign investments can help the US economy and to have a stable value of the currency or US dollar. Over the past few years, it is found that there are several foreigner buyers that have shown interest in the US real estate. Studies by NARs also suggest that every one of the five real estate agents sold a house to a foreign buyer.

Wars do have a major impact on the value of the currency. When there is a terrorist attack in a country, it does increase the chances of war in the country. When a country is in a state of war or shows potential for war the demand for its currency decreases.

This officially caused problems in the financial markets and thus the Federal had to make changes in the interest rates. In the current situation, inflation is not a very big problem. However, concerning the risks of inflation, Federal Reserve might consider lowering the interest rates more than it is actually needed.

As the US dollar gets weaker, the cost of travelling outdoor or foreign travel becomes very expensive. For an instance as the value of the US currency dropped at the beginning of the year the value of the Australian currency increased by ten per cent and simultaneously the cost of travelling to the country also increases. The increase in the cost of travelling is also visible when people travel to European countries too, although the change in rates is comparatively less in terms of percentage.

People from all around the world come to US to for tours and visits, Canadians form an important part of this. As the Canadian dollars are also rising in sync with the US dollar the tourism investment is likely to increase further as people are able to save more. Thus as the currency of US weakens, it calls for tourism and thus has a positive impact over the economy of the country.




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