Devaluation

Categories: Forex, International

Devaluing a currency, i.e. making it less valuable, can only happen when the government, which controls that currency...decides to devalue it. So yeah, it’s kinda their call—when, and how much. Basically, devaluation happens when a country decreases the value of its currency against other currencies.

Why on earth would a country ever do this?

Usually, because it wants its goods to be less expensive abroad. When a currency is devalued, the home goods, i.e. the home country goods, are cheaper in other markets. This will usually lead to an overall increase in exports. When it comes to exports and imports though…where there’s a yin, there’s a yang.

There’s a counterbalance at play here. Imports become more expensive, and consumers at home likely shift away from foreign to purchase in-country goods. The result? Strength in domestic products. All of this might sound hunky-dory, but there are some potentially nasty side effects.

Local companies are getting a bit of a break, which might make them inefficient-slash-lazy-slash-sloppy-slash- lacking in competitive spirit. Plus, when a currency is devalued, each unit is worth less...which can lead to inflation. So yeah, that’s devaluation.

Making money…not worthless, but…worth less.

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Finance: What is Devaluation?1 Views

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Finance allah shmoop What is devaluation steve Valuing a currency

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i am making it less valuable can only happen when

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the government which controls that currency decides to devalue it

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So yeah it's a kind of their call when and

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how much basically devaluation happens when a country decreases the

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value of its currency against other currencies A lot of

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times by just running the printing press all night printing

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a whole bunch of their currency there's a whole lot

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of supply on the market Well why on earth would

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a country ever intentionally do this like devalue their currency

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Well usually because it wants its goods to be less

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expensive abroad like to be ableto export them more cheaply

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to places like the u s and china and russia

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by a lot of whatever's Well when a currency is

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devalued the homegoods iii the home country goods are cheaper

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in other markets This will usually lead to an overall

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increase in exports for that country when it comes to

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exports and imports though there's a kind of a union

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ng ng anyway there's a counterbalance at play here imports

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become mohr expensive and consumers at home likely shift away

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From foreign teo purchase in country goods right it's kind

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of protecting the country's own domestic product there Currency changes

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Yeah well the result Yeah strengthened domestic product sales in

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all of this might sound hunky dorey But while there

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are some potentially nasty side effects local companies are getting

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a bit of a break here which might make them

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inefficient Slash lazy slash sloppy slash lacking in competitive spirit

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to go fight it out in the global markets No

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plus one of currency is devalued Each unit is worth

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bless and that can lead to inflation which causes all

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kinds Other problems down the line So that's just the

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nutshell of devaluation making money not worthless But you know 00:01:57.019 --> [endTime] worth less

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