Monday 31 July 2017

Disadvantages Caused Due To Weaker Dollars

By Alxa Roffel


The value of a currency is determined by the supply and demand of the currency in that particular country. When a currency of a particular country is high in demand by the traders, tourists travellers, investors and so on the value of the currency automatically increases. Here are some of the factors that have both negative and positive impact in the value of the currency of a particular country.

Increase in the interest rates indicates high demand for the currency. Higher interest rates do attract several foreign investors, as they prefer currency with higher interest rates and tend to invest more in them. This process can be compared with the process of looking for banks that provide you with higher interest rates when you have a savings account with that particular bank. Higher interest rates increase demand for the currency and its results in the increase in the value of the currency.

This does benefit in the increase in sales of the US companies, which in turn creates opportunity for more jobs and consumer spending. As the economy of a country fails the trading decreases, weakening of the value of the currency also helps to counter the trade deficit, which is considered as the most troublesome aspect of US economy.

It also helps to increase foreign investments and there are different methods through which the foreign investments can help the US economy and to have a stable value of the currency or US dollar. Over the past few years, it is found that there are several foreigner buyers that have shown interest in the US real estate. Studies by NARs also suggest that every one of the five real estate agents sold a house to a foreign buyer.

Wars do have a major impact on the value of the currency. When there is a terrorist attack in a country, it does increase the chances of war in the country. When a country is in a state of war or shows potential for war the demand for its currency decreases.

This officially caused problems in the financial markets and thus the Federal had to make changes in the interest rates. In the current situation, inflation is not a very big problem. However, concerning the risks of inflation, Federal Reserve might consider lowering the interest rates more than it is actually needed.

Unnecessary expenditure done by the government also affects the economy of the country. If the government keeps spending money in programs which are not necessary but costs a lot of money, does affect the value of the currency. The larger the government grows the more the value of the currency reduces.

In order to ensure the value of the currency is high, it is important to have a good economic growth. When there is a reduction in the house market, there is also a decrease in the seller price too. When people realise that the cost has decrease, buyers tend to spend less, resulting in reduced consumer spending. Hence it has direct effect on the economy of the country, reducing the value of the currency.




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