Portfolio Balance Approach
October 27th, 2006
October 27th, 2006
October 26th, 2006

Changes in national income affect both current and capital account, thus causing predictable reactions in the exchange rate in order to restore balance of payments equilibrium. Here’s a simple equation to show what I’m trying to explain here and is used in economics to show how economies adjust to changes in economic dynamics:
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October 19th, 2006

We can determine or predict exchange rates by analyzing interest rate differentials via a few principles. Assuming that the expected returns of a currency should be equalized through speculation in another country once converted back to the first currency, the theory of interest rate parity holds, where:
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