Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Berk  DeMarzo & Harford  The Corporate Finance Series)
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Exchange rate:

An exchange rate can be defined as the price of the currency of a country with respect to the currency of another country. An exchange rate has two components. This includes the foreign currency and the domestic currency.

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The concept of an exchange rate.

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Exchange rate refers to the current market for which the currency of a country may be exchanged for the currency of another currency. In other words, it is the price for a currency denominated in another currency.

Example: It might cost an Indian citizen Rs. 63.44 to buy 1 U.S. Dollars and Rs. 76.22 to buy 1 Euro.

Since, most of the exchange rates are market prices, they are likely to change every single day and sometimes even within a particular day. A market exists for such trades which remains opens all hours of the day during the week called the Foreign Exchange or the Forex market.

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Hence, it can be concluded that the exchange rate is the price of the currency of a country with respect to the currency of another country.

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