Principles of Macroeconomics / Unit 13 MAC 1207 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Stronger Is Not Better
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The idea
The word strong suggests health and the word weak suggests trouble, and neither meaning transfers. A stronger currency is good for some and bad for others in the same economy at the same moment.
In practice
An exporter and a holiday-maker in one country want opposite movements.
Where people slip
This is why no government can call a rate correct without saying correct for whom.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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