Macroeconomics (12th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
Macroeconomics (12th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780133872644
Author: Michael Parkin
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 1SPA
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Identify the U.S. dollar depreciate or appreciate against Canadian dollar and the U.S. dollar appreciate or depreciate against yen.

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The U.S. dollar exchange rate increased from $0.96 to 1.03 against the Canadian dollar means the value of U.S dollar increases, which implies the appreciation of the U.S dollar against the Canadian dollar.

The U.S dollar exchange rate decreased from 81 to 78 against yen means the value of the dollar decreases, which implies the depreciation of U.S dollar against yen.

Economics Concept Introduction

Appreciation of currency: The appreciation of currency refers to increase the international value of the currency with respect to other currency in the exchange market, which causes to increase the value of a currency against other currency.

Currency depreciation: The currency depreciation is the fall in the value of the domestic currency relative to the foreign currency, which in turn reduce the value of currency against other currency.

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