Advanced Accounting
Advanced Accounting
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ISBN: 9781305084858
Author: Paul M. Fischer, William J. Tayler, Rita H. Cheng
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 1UTI
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Exchange rate- Exchange rate means the rate at which one currency can be exchanged with another currency.

To Explain:The impact of strengthening of local currency on exporters.

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Answer to Problem 1UTI

When US Dollar is expected to strengthen in comparison to foreign currencies, the exporters will have a disadvantage because the demand of their products in the foreign market will decline asimporters of these productswill need to shell out more of their local currency for purchase of same $ value of product.

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The above statement can be explained with the help of following example. Say, a product cost is USD 10,000. The current exchange rate for Foreign Currency (FC) is 1 USD=4 FC. So, the cost to the importer would be 10,000×4= 40,000 FC . Now, when the dollar value strengthens, the importer’s home currency will weaken which would imply more outflow of their currency in exchange of dollars. As exports are generally done in the currency of the exporters, so the importers of the product would need to pay to US exporters in $. Assuming, now they need to pay 5 FC for 1 dollar. Hence, now the importer will pay 10,000×5=50,000 FC for same product. Since, the import becomes costlier, the demand for the product in the foreign country decreases and hence the exports decline putting the exporters at a disadvantage.

Thus, the impact currencies have been computed.

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