WASSCE Economics · International Trade & Development
Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates
Balance of payments structure, deficits and surpluses, exchange rate systems, and currency devaluation.
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Across the topic: 10 sections · 3 worked examples · 2 diagrams
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2 lessons · 16 min
- 1The balance of payments8 minFree8 minFree
- 2Exchange rates, devaluation and international financial institutions8 min Plan8 min Plan
- What is an exchange rate?
- Exchange rate systems
- How a floating rate is determined
- Devaluation, depreciation, revaluation, appreciation
- International financial institutions
2 worked examples · 1 diagram
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