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How do currencies work? How do economists determine the value of a country’s currency?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A physical piece of currency is just a piece of paper or a coin, but it represents an amount of purchasing power that can be used for goods and services. To evaluate a currency\u2019s purchasing power, economists determine how many goods and services it can purchase from a hypothetical \u201cbasket of goods\u201d that includes a broad range of things for sale in any given country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we\u2019ll examine currencies and how the international market uses them to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Currency Is Purchasing Power <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A currency is the unit of money a country uses to conduct its business. Different countries have different currencies\u2014for example, the United States has the dollar, Mexico has the peso, and Japan has the yen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how do currencies work? And how does a country determine the value of its currency? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In theory, we can determine the values of currencies against each other by comparing how many of these goods and services each can purchase. This is called purchasing power parity<\/em> (PPP). Economists and government officials use PPP to compare the relative strengths of different currencies and, in a related vein, the relative strengths of different economies. So, for example, if someone living in Israel earns 100,000 shekels a year, how much would she have to earn in American dollars in order to have the same standard of living in the U.S.? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To determine this, economists compare the prices of a hypothetical basket of goods in both countries to see which currency can purchase more goods. A basket of goods includes both tradable and non-tradable items: For example, it might include televisions (tradable, because you can sell and ship a television to another country) and haircuts (non-tradable, because you can\u2019t ship a haircut overseas). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, for instance, if you buy a dinner in India for the equivalent of 10 American dollars (converted into rupees), and that same dinner would cost you 40 American dollars in New York, this indicates that the dollar is stronger than the rupee, as it can buy more items priced in rupees. (In other words, after your Indian dinner, you could spend the rest of the rupees your 40 American dollars bought you on dessert, movie tickets, and a hat before spending the equivalent $40 that would only buy you a dinner in New York.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, though PPP can give us a rough estimate of the strength of one currency in comparison to another, this correlation can differ significantly from the currencies\u2019 official exchange rates. With our dinner example above, this does not necessarily mean that an Indian rupee is worth exactly one-fourth of an American dollar. This is because an exchange rate only measures the strength of currencies as they pertain to tradable goods, while the basket of goods used to measure PPP includes, as we mentioned, both tradable and non-tradable goods and services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currencies can be traded or sold for other currencies.<\/strong> Currencies behave just like any other item that can be traded or sold\u2014their values rise and fall according to the laws of supply and demand. The price at which you can purchase one currency using another currency is called the exchange rate<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strong and Weak Currencies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Currencies can strengthen or weaken against each other, reflecting which one is more valuable to traders at any given moment. For example, if last week, one dollar equaled one pound, but this week, two dollars equals one pound, then the dollar has weakened against the pound: Each dollar can buy fewer pounds (in this case, one dollar would only be able to buy half a pound). If, however, this week one dollar equals two pounds, then the dollar has strengthened: Each dollar can buy more pounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strength or weakness of a country\u2019s currency has direct effects on importers and exporters. In general, a weak currency hurts importers and benefits exporters.<\/strong> To illustrate: If the dollar is weak, meaning it can buy fewer pounds, then an American trying to buy goods priced in pounds can buy fewer of them. Foreign, imported goods become expensive.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, a British person wanting to use pounds to purchase American goods can buy more of those goods. American exported goods become cheap for the rest of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, a strong currency works in the opposite direction, helping importers and hurting exporters.<\/strong> So, if the American dollar strengthens against the British pound, so that dollars can buy more pounds, Americans buying imported British goods can purchase more of them, helping importers. However, the goods of American exporters become more expensive abroad, so that the strong dollar hurts exporters\u2019 sales.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Drives the Strength of a Currency?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Overall, a currency responds to supply-and-demand market forces: A country with a healthy economy will often have a strong currency, since a strong economy attracts investors<\/strong> who purchase that country\u2019s currency in order to conduct business in and with the country. This increases demand for the currency, driving up its price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, currencies can also be affected by governmental policies. A government might adjust the strength of its currency in order to manufacture some short-term benefit, such as propping up their exporters by purposefully weakening their currency. To manipulate its currency, a government can do several things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can adjust interest rates: <\/strong>In general, higher interest rates attract investors because they promise more return for their investment. When more people invest in currency, it raises demand for it, strengthening the currency. Alternatively, lower interest rates attract fewer investors, creating decreased demand and therefore weakening a currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can directly purchase or sell its own currency: <\/strong>To strengthen its currency, a government might start buying it up, trying to create scarcity. Conversely, to weaken the currency, a government might start selling it on the market. Britain tried this technique (unsuccessfully) in 1992 to stop its currency from being devalued. Unfortunately, this isn’t an effective technique, because a government\u2019s efforts to buy or sell a currency are usually insignificant in comparison to the wider market forces\u2014if countless investors are selling a currency, a government trying to buy it back won\u2019t make a material difference to its price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can print money: <\/strong>If a government starts printing money, driving up inflation and weakening the purchasing power of each unit of currency, it can drive down the value of that currency on the market. A country might do this if it gets into a lot of debt with another country and wants to devalue that debt. For example, say America owes China $3 trillion (and it does)\u2014if the Fed doubles the number of dollars on the market so that each dollar now has half its purchasing power, then America\u2019s debt gets cut in half. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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