External business environment |
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| Subject: External environment | |||||||||||||||||
| Topic: Economy - Exchange Rates | |||||||||||||||||
An exchange rate is the value of one currency expressed in terms of another. So £1 may be worth $1.55 and €1.33.
Currencies change in value against each other all the time. This is because most currencies are based on flexible exchange rates. The notable difference is in the Euro zone (see below). Currencies change in value because there is a change in demand for holding that currency. Households, governments and businesses need other countries currencies to buy their goods and services (e.g. holiday makers for purchasing wine or a business buying spare parts for machinery from France will need Euros). A change in exchange rates might affect a business in the following ways:
For example an increase in the exchange rate will mean that price abroad goes up, lowering sales; price of imported raw materials falls, either leading to a fall in price and more sales, or an increase in profits; competitors’ prices fall, meaning lower sales.
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