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Devaluation of currencies and its impact on the terms of trade

In this article, we explain the terms of trade and how currency devaluations affect them. Troy Keegan shows how lower terms of trade could affect a country’s standards of living and the trade-offs between lower export prices and trade surpluses

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macroeconomy, exchange rates, devaluation of currencies, standards of living, balance of trade

The terms of trade is a measure of the ratio of export prices to import prices showing how much a country can buy from abroad for each unit it exports. It is usually presented as an index, where a base year is chosen as the reference point (often set at 100, see Figure 1).

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