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Currency Appreciation |
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Currency appreciation An increase in the value of one currency relative to another currency. Appreciation occurs when, because of a change in exchange rates, a unit of one currency buys more units of another currency. Currency Appreciation An increase in the value of one currency with respect to another. This means that one unit of the appreciating currency buys more units of the other currency than it did previously. While this can be a good sign, as it may indicate a low rate of inflation, it also makes exports from the country with the appreciating currency more expensive, while making imports less expensive. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Thus, if the United States and European Union really need Asian currency appreciation as part of global adjustment, they may have to offer an overdue reallocation from Europe to Asia of quotas and voting shares in the IMF. Bowater has been making deliberate headway in realigning its businesses to adjust to a declining market for newsprint, a punishing currency appreciation in Canadian costs and increased manufacturing costs across the spectrum. Currency appreciation has helped reduce general government debt to 51% of GDP at end-2004. |
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