Commodity Currencies |
Term Currencies |
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AUD |
USD |
GBP |
|
AUD |
1 |
0.6814* |
|
USD |
1 |
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GBP |
1.28 |
1 |
†USD is the USD dollar; GBP is the British Pound and AUD is the Australian dollar
* Read it as AUD/USD = 06814 (1 AUD buys 0.6814 USD)
Commodity Term Currencies
Currencies. AUD USD GBP
AUD 1 0.6814 0.5323
(1/1.28*.6814)
USD. 1.4676 1 0.7813
(1/0.6814*1) (1/1.28*1)
GBP 1.8785 1.28 1
(1/.6814*1.28)
Disadvantages of maintaining a fixed exchange rate regime
1.) There is necessity to intervene in currency market, the central bank have to maintain a huge foreign exchange reserves to maintain the exchange rate.
2.) Fixed exchange rate regime have a lot of imbalances in foreign exchange market, it is not free to change rate as per supply of and demand for foreign exchange in market, it inforce central bank or monetary authority to control/balance the exchange rate.
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