by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
Why do Central Banks Care About Exchange Rates? A central bank will be concerned about the exchange rate for multiple reasons: (1) Movements in the exchange rate will affect the quantity of aggregate demand in an economy; (2) frequent substantial fluctuations in the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
How Do Exchange Rates Affect Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply? Foreign trade in goods and services typically involves incurring the costs of production in one currency while receiving revenues from sales in another currency. As a result, movements in exchange...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
What Causes Exchange Rate Fluctuations? For firms that depend on export sales, or firms that rely on imported inputs to production, or even purely domestic firms that compete with firms tied into international trade—which in many countries adds up to half or more of a...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
What is the Unsafe Consumer Products Argument for Restricting Imports? One argument for shutting out certain imported products is that they are unsafe for consumers. Consumer rights groups have sometimes warned that the World Trade Organization would require nations...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
What are Economic Unions? An economic union is a type of trade block composed of common market and a customs union.The participant countries have both common policies on product regulation, freedom of movement of goods, services and the factors of production (capital...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy
Who Demands and Supplies Currency in a Foreign Exchange Market? In foreign exchange markets, demand and supply become closely interrelated, because a person or firm who demands one currency must at the same time supply another currency—and vice versa. To get a sense...
