Exchange rates
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Edexcel Economics B (9EB0) Theme 2, Unit T2-4 (spec ref 2.4.4) — what an exchange rate is; appreciation vs depreciation; causes of exchange-rate changes (demand for/supply of the currency: trade flows, interest rates, speculation, investment); impact of exchange-rate changes on exporters and impo…
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Lesson outline
- Do Now — Retrieval
- What Is an Exchange Rate?
- Hinge Check — Reading a Rate
- What Changes an Exchange Rate?
- Hinge Check — Interest Rates and the Pound
- Reading Exchange-Rate Data
- Quick Check — Interpret the Chart
- Impact on Firms: Exporters vs Importers
- Real Example: Two Sides of the Same Movement
- Hinge Check — Evaluating a Claim
- Calculations: Converting at an Exchange Rate
- Guided Practice — The Importer's Side
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