PRESENTATION OUTLINE
half of all goods produced by private sector
exports give
- income for Canadians
- tax revenue for the government
- help pay for imports
difference between buying and selling abroad?
exporters want payment in their domestic dollar
i want to buy $10,000 worth of moz from chile
can be done at any bank, chile or canada
so if i'm visiting sweden
if one currency price goes up
cad goes from $0.81 to $0.82
flexible/floating exchange rates
remember - when we export things we want cad
demand for Cad increases as value drops
what causes fluctuations in exchange rates?
change in demand for canadian goods
demand
- exports increase when economies of partners are growing (murica)
- Canadian interest rates affect demand for CAD (higher demand with more interest)
supply
- increase in supply = CAD drops (opposite for decrease)
greedy jerks were making a lot of money
Government allows international market to set exchange rate, but intervenes sometimes to sort out short-term fluctuations.