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    less profit and earn less money. Consequently, U.S companies will pay fewer dividends for investors who invest in these companies. So, investors will tend to invest in foreign securities where they can get higher dividend. On the other hand, a weak currency can reduce unemployment but maybe it can lead to high inflation, and simultaneously it may reduce U.S imports and boost U.S exports or buy more goods than it sells abroad (imports exceed exports). Another thing, in the long run, trade deficits

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    holds. Answer: By using the above facts and figures, we can find the expected returns both of USA and UK currencies. The expected return of UK currency is (£) 538461.50 and the expected return for US is ($) 500000.00. Here we can see that the UK’s expected return is higher when compared to the return on US dollars. Seeing the above results regarding the expected return of UK and USA currencies, we can conclude that investor should invest in UK pounds, because of a higher rate of return. Here, there

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    Introduction Exchange rate is regarded as “the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency” (Arthur & Sheffrin, 2003), which means when one country’s currency devalues, its exchange rate devalues concurrently or vice versa. Hence, the exchange rate uncertainty has a crucial impact on international commerce (Soleymani & Chua, 2014) and on exporting and importing enterprises in particular. The cost, price and profit of those companies are strongly influenced by the changing exchange

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    In today’s economy, the American public has raised the question of the value of the American dollar and how the changes are going to affect this world. The value of the dollar is considered to be less than it was many years ago. Our economy has been threatened by inflation and it does affect the value of the dollar. The dollar has lost more than half of its value and it doesn’t buy as much as it used to. However according to Nguyen” the dollar is gaining momentum. The dollar gained for a second day

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    South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia. The aforementioned south-eastern states recorded astounding economic growth in the preceding decade. The downfall of the economy caused a domino effect in the local markets and currency markets of each country. The nations’ leaders, as a result, had to request assistance from the IMF. Politics were important in creating the financial boom, but they were also guilty of the subsequent consequences. Similar to a number of financial

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    in terms of dollars to the business entity (Shapiro, 2007 Pp. 65-67). Foreign exchange risk emanates from two different factors. First, it is the currency mismatch in an entity’s assets and liabilities in either on or off the balance sheet because they are not subjected to a fixed exchange rate. Secondly, it can be as a result of the cash flow of currency mismatch. The risks may persist in occurrence until the foreign exchange position is fully covered (Giddy, 2003 Pp. 88-89). The risk may arise from

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    this degradation. There are several economic policies that can have different effects towards the stability of our countries currency, but one that stands out is the issue of returning to a Gold Standard. Would this be the best course of action, or would it further the problems we currently have, or would it even be better to look at an alternative solution to moor our currency? Understanding these solutions will greatly benefit those of us who live in the United States and can even have a large effect

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    Legislation to Impose Sanctions on China for Currency Manipulation The renminbi currency has experienced a fixed exchange rate. The renminbi is seen as undervalued because the value of its currency has been scrutinized to be artificially low, which gives Chinese companies an unfair advantage over floating exchange rate countries such as the US. China has purchased more than $2.2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves in order to maintain an undervalued currency (Scott 2010). China buying US reserves increases

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    financial assets decline, lots of financial institution out of business or stock market crash. Currency plays an important role in the market. It is a base that keep economic stability in the country. When currency change significantly, the country’s economy in turmoil. The financial crisis started from Thailand, and then Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries, domestic currency depreciate and stock market downfall. Neal Maroney wrote that “six Asian countries (Indonesia

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    international economy has also impacted on development of companies, especially effect of foreign exchange rate. A foreign exchange rate can be defined as the price of one currency compared to another currency. This essay will focus on some different issues related to the foreign exchange rate, which include a tendency of losing the value of currency or inflation risk, the difficulty of making future plans, facing increasing cost and profit reduction. It will then move on to evaluate the solutions for these

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