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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Exchange Rate

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 3
FIXED EXCHANGE RATE REGIME 3
Managed Float Regime 4
FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE REGIME 4
REAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE AND NOMINAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE 5
CAPITAL CONTROLS IN DIFFERENT REGIMES 7
What is Capital Control? 7
IMPOSSIBLE TRINITY 10
REFERENCES : 12

INTRODUCTION
There are three types of exchange rates. They are:
1) Fixed rate
2) Managed float
3) Floating rate
FIXED EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
Central bank of any country takes decision on which type of exchange rate to use in their country. When central bank takes decision that not to change value of their currency with respect to foreign currency then it is termed as fixed rate. Different variants are available in fixed rate as,

1) Adjustable peg
2) Crawling peg

When capital account of any country becomes negative that means more foreign currency is getting out of domestic country. This process increase price of domestic currency against foreign currency which puts pressure on the domestic currency to get depreciates. Since the exchange …show more content…

One of the greatest example when a country moved towards managed exchange rate regime is France after World War I. France had the stable currency, Franc since 1803 but during the war there was huge emission of notes due to which the price level shoot up. In 1924, the country was nearing defaults when the government intervened and took many measures to stabilize the currency. It cut down expenditures, increased taxes, increased capital inflows. A new ceiling was introduced on money in circulation which resulted in ceasing of treasury bonds. All of these measures led to accumulation of foreign reserves and thus the value of Franc increased in the world market and the currency reached to 80% of its pre war

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