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Exchange Rate

The rate at which one currency is traded against another.

Macro Case Study: Japan's exchange rate

Topical case studies
In the News Teaching Activity – the £ has been appreciating against the $ (July 2025)

7th July 2025
IB Economics - Fixed and Managed Exchange Rates

Study Notes
IB Economics - Effects of Exchange Rate Changes

Study Notes
Pound Soars as Interest Rates Take Center Stage: What This Means for the UK Economy

18th July 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – is the pound appreciating? (June 2024)

13th June 2024
AQA A-Level Economics Year 13 Macroeconomics Knowledge Organiser

Poster / Student Handout
Edexcel A-Level Economics (A) Theme 4 Knowledge Organiser Pack 1

Exam Support
In the News Teaching Activity – what has been happening to the sterling exchange rate? (Feb 2024)

19th February 2024
African Economy - Weak Currencies Drive Up the Cost of Living

15th November 2023
4.2.6.4 Exchange Rate Systems (AQA A Level Economics Teaching Powerpoint)

Teaching PowerPoints
4.1.8 Exchange Rates - Impact of Currency Changes (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)

Teaching PowerPoints
Exchange Rates - Fixed Currency Systems

Study Notes
Sterling and the UK Economy - A-Level Economics Essay Walkthrough

Practice Exam Questions
Sterling and the UK Economy

30th November 2022
Floating versus Fixed Exchange Rates

14th November 2022
Economics of Floating versus Fixed Exchange Rates

Topic Videos
The Slumping Pound - Why Does it Matter?

18th September 2022
Exchange rates - Pound falls to lowest level against dollar since 1985

7th September 2022
Currency options for an independent Scotland

4th August 2022
Floating and Fixed Exchange Rates - Benefits and Costs

Topic Videos
2022 Exams - Key Statistics on the UK Economy

Topic Videos
Edexcel Paper 3: Synoptic Essay on a Currency Depreciation

Exam Support
Exchange Rates - An Introduction

Study Notes
Managed Floating Exchange Rates

Study Notes
Exchange Rate - The Most Important Variable in a Global Economy?

Topic Videos
Free economics lesson resources

19th July 2016
Benefits and costs of a depreciation of a currency

12th October 2016
Exchange Rates - Competitive Devaluations

Study Notes
Monetary Policy & Exchange Rates (Revision Presentation)

Teaching PowerPoints
Balance of Payments & Currencies Revision Quiz

Quizzes & Activities
Currencies Revision Quiz

Quizzes & Activities
Economic History - UK Leaves the Exchange Rate Mechanism

Study Notes
Exchange Rates

Topic Videos
International Competitiveness

Topic Videos
Revision Presentation - Economics of Currency Markets

Teaching PowerPoints
Factors Causing Currency Changes

Topic Videos
Introduction to Currency Economics

Topic Videos
Exchange Rates Revision Webinar

Topic Videos
Currency Intervention MCQ Revision Question

Practice Exam Questions
Exchange Rates (Online Lesson)

Online Lessons
Introduction to Currency Economics [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

Topic Videos
Introduction to Monetary Policy (Online Lesson)

Online Lessons
Currency Systems - Clear The Deck Key Term Knowledge Activity

Quizzes & Activities
Exchange Rates and Trade with Gita Gopinath

29th July 2019
Exchange rates: Does a weak currency help or harm the economy?

Study Notes
Revision Essay: Exchange Rate Depreciation and Macroeconomic Objectives

Study Notes
Exchange Rates - Currency Systems

Study Notes
Exchange Rates - Factors Affecting Currency Values

Study Notes
Exchange Rates - Reasons for a Currency Depreciation

Study Notes
Monetary Policy - Exchange Rates

Study Notes
Exchange Rates - Floating Currencies

Study Notes
Exchange Rates - Marshall Lerner Condition

Study Notes
Terms of Trade

Study Notes
Exchange Rates - Macroeconomic Effects of Currency Fluctuations

Study Notes
Inflation - Main Causes of Inflation

Study Notes
Test 7: A Level Economics: MCQ Revision on Exchange Rates

Practice Exam Questions
Test 4: A Level Economics: MCQ Revision on International Economics

Practice Exam Questions
Sterling's Slump

24th August 2017
Sterling's slide yet to help the UK economy rebalance

4th August 2017
New evidence points to diminishing impact of a currency depreciation

12th June 2017
Fixed versus Floating Exchange Rates (MCQ Revision Question)

Practice Exam Questions
Currency Calculation (MCQ Revision Question)

Practice Exam Questions
Key Macro Topics to Revise for June 2017

17th May 2017
Calculating a trade-weighted exchange rate index

Practice Exam Questions
South African Rand in Freefall - The Barmy Army's Take!

24th January 2016
Why might the US raise its interest rate?

14th December 2015
A Euro Decline Infographic

10th December 2015
Can a currency depreciation lift Brazil out of recession?

9th December 2015
60 Second Adventures in Economics- The Impossible Trinity

20th September 2012
econoMAX - How does Quantitative Easing affect the Exchange Rate

7th November 2013
Currency pegs around the world

5th February 2015
Challenging times for exchange rates

18th April 2015
Deflation and the Exchange Rate

19th April 2015
The renminbi - the growth of a global currency

30th July 2015
Beyond the Bike - photos of the week

24th September 2015
Beyond the Bike Lesson Resources - Exchange Rates

5th November 2015
The Oil Price and Exchange Rates

11th November 2015