Nominal and real currency rates, fluctuations in currency ratesAdded on 02/14/2006 to Articles Directory / Travel / Currencies / Exchange rates
The currency exchange rate between two currencies specifies how much one currency is worth in terms of the other. An exchange rate quotation is given by stating the number of units of a price currency that can be bought in terms of 1 unit currency. A currency will tend to lose value, relative to other currencies, if the country's level of inflation is relatively higher, if the country's level of output is expected to decline, or if a country is troubled by political uncertainty.
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