Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Factors That Determine The Value Of A Currency

By Alxa Roffel


The value of a currency is determined by the supply and demand of the currency in that particular country. When a currency of a particular country is high in demand by the traders, tourists travellers, investors and so on the value of the currency automatically increases. Here are some of the factors that have both negative and positive impact in the value of the currency of a particular country.

The weakening of US dollar shows its immediate effect on the costs of foreign goods, as the costs increases rapidly. As there is a huge difference found in the trade deficit due to weaker dollar, the consumers in US are found to import more in comparison to what they export.

A country's debt also has equal impact on the value of the currency. It is important to consider the complexity of how the politicians are dealing with the debt problems of the country. It also is important to check if the politicians are responsible for the increase in the national debt of the country.

It also helps to increase foreign investments and there are different methods through which the foreign investments can help the US economy and to have a stable value of the currency or US dollar. Over the past few years, it is found that there are several foreigner buyers that have shown interest in the US real estate. Studies by NARs also suggest that every one of the five real estate agents sold a house to a foreign buyer.

Once a country is hit with inflation or currency crisis then it is likely to occur again. So, when this happens in US, the Federal Reserve decreases the interest rates. This did happen in the late 90s after which US had to go through crisis.

Wars does drain economy, it does possess a major threat to a country's economy. Wars are expensive and the expenses cost in the war is paid by the taxpayer itself. Wars do affect the growing economy of a country, there is no economic growth found during in a country during a war, thus it lowers that value of the currency.

Unnecessary expenditure done by the government also affects the economy of the country. If the government keeps spending money in programs which are not necessary but costs a lot of money, does affect the value of the currency. The larger the government grows the more the value of the currency reduces.

Once the value of the US dollar decreases it is likely to fall again and it can last for longer than people can actually expect. It is also found that the interest rate does play an important role in the increase and decrease in the direction of currencies. The weaker US dollar does have a major effect on the country's economy. However, the increase in the exports and foreign investment does help the US to give rise in the economy and thus allowing the value of the US dollar currency to rise again.




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