Exchange rates show the cost of trading one currency for another. High domestic interest rates can increase a currency's value by attracting investors. Political unrest or economic instability can ...

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Growing remittance flows to emerging and developing economies may lead to real exchange rate appreciation and weaken their competitiveness. While the empirical literature finds mixed results about the ...

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The author is a senior editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. Judging only by the rapid depreciation of the Korean won, the economy appears to be in crisis. The won-dollar rate has climbed above the 1 ...

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