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Exchange Rates and Currency

How the value of money is determined in international markets and its effect on trade.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does a weak currency benefit exporters but hurt consumers?
  2. 2What incentives are driving a country to peg its currency to the dollar?
  3. 3Who benefits and who bears the costs of sudden currency fluctuations?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: International Economic Interdependence - Grade 12ON: Macroeconomics - Grade 12
Grade: Grade 12
Subject: Economics
Unit: Global Markets and International Trade
Period: Global Markets

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