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Exchange Rates - Reasons for a Currency Depreciation

Level:
A-Level
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, IB, OCR

Last updated 3 Jul 2018

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A depreciation is a fall in the external value of one currency against another, for example the Australian dollar might depreciate against the US dollar so that one Australian dollar buys less of the US currency.

Factors causing currency changes - revision video
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