Currency Exchange Rate Determination

Free CFA Level II lesson in Economics. 13 min read, ~1,992 words.

CIP is no-arbitrage: Forward = Spot x (1 + r_price) / (1 + r_base), always holds in liquid markets. UIP is systematically violated, carry trades exploit this failure, earning the interest rate differential when the high-yield currency depreciates less than predicted. Relative PPP links exchange rate changes to inflation differentials...

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