Determinants of exchange rates

Determinants of exchange rates

The following theories explain the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on the floating exchange rate system (in a fixed exchange rate system, prices, which are determined by the Government):

International parity conditions: buying international Fisher effect types purchasing power of the effects of interest. Although previous theories, to some extent, providea logical explanation of exchange rate fluctuations, these theories, once controversial assumptions fail but [as the free movement of services and capital movements were] rarely true based on the real world.

Balance of payments model: in this model, but focused on were and services, without taking into account the growing importance of global capital flows. He can give no explanation in 1980 of the 20th century, the value of the dollar further and 90 of the last century, performances of the United States for most of the increase.

The market model of property: currency, as long as it is important to build portfolios of asset classes. Asset prices are in turn, depending on their expectations for the future value of these assets largely ready to continue the current level of activity. Model for the determination of the exchange rate, what is capital markets a "bargaining chip between the two is currency, the balance of the price for supply and demand after investments denominated in currencies".

None of the models previously developed are able to declare the currency and volatility over the long term. In the short term (within two days), design algorithm to predict prices. Refers to previous models many macroeconomic factors on the exchange rate and the cost of borrowing ultimately is the result of two forces of supply and demand. The market can be used as a great melting pot of the world: a combination of factors of supply and demand than another important innovation and price second amendment. No other market, including (and exaggerated) occurs more than one currency in the world.

For a particular currency, then its value, supply and demand through a single item, but a small number are affected. These elements are generally classified into three categories: economic factors, political conditions and market psychology.

Take currency trading 


Due to currency effects are having the referee not insurable interest.
Trade, without any other changes means Forex: investors borrow currencies with low yields and lend (invest in) higher-yielding currencies. Your opinion with the stability of the financial world and currencies and units in use during the global liquidity shortage, but Forex is often blamed for the collapse of the value of money and recognition.

-Risk arbitrage trading is the exchange rate can be changed, investors pay more expensive low value currency again. In theory, under the guise of interest, no parity, nopredictable profits should run because interest rates between the two countries conforms to the plains of Palacio should increase the rate of interest on a very interesting difference in speed. But lend local businesses of the operation to weaken the currency, because investors sell the borrowed money by converting other currencies.

Every year at the beginning of 2007, it is estimated that in the United States could bet $ 1 trillion yen carry trade. By the mid 90, interest rates set by the Central Bank ofJapan for Japan at a very low level to make it profitable, financial assets borrowed yen for other currencies. These activities include endangered mortgages in the United States and the financing of emerging countries, especially the BRIC countries andresource-rich countries. The trade is largely fell Japanese Yen in 2008, especially in votes.


Programme of quantitative easing by the European Central Bank in December 2015.Loosening of monetary policy, low-capacity performance-currencies threatens the euro the European Central Bank's investments. The profit of the euro during the expansion of the market (such as the falls of shares)