The Global Economy · Global Markets

Exchange Rates

Analyzing how the value of currency is determined and its impact on international purchasing power.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does a weak currency affect a nation's export industry?
  2. 2Who benefits and who bears the costs when a currency appreciates?
  3. 3Why do some countries choose to peg their currency to another?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Canadian and World Studies - Grade 9ON: Global Interdependence - Grade 9
Grade: Grade 9
Subject: Economics
Unit: The Global Economy
Period: Global Markets

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