Exchange rates are sensitive to a great variety of factors. Exchange rate fluctuations are usually caused by the actual flow of money, as well as predictions of global macroeconomic conditions. Currencies are traded against one another in an open market that operates 24 hours a day during the week. Rates on this site are updated from public sources once daily during the week.

There are two reasons why concerns about a free fall of the dollar should not be worth consideration. The first is that the US external deficit will stay high only if US growth remains vigorous. But if the US continues to grow strongly, it will also retain a strong attraction for foreign capital, which should support the dollar. The second reason is that the attempts by the monetary authorities in Asia to keep their currencies weak will probably not work.

Exchange rates are sensitive to a great variety of factors. Exchange rate fluctuations are usually caused by the actual flow of money, as well as predictions of global macroeconomic conditions. Currencies are traded against one another in an open market that operates 24 hours a day during the week. Rates on this site are updated from public sources once daily during the wee

Exchange rates are sensitive to a great variety of factors. Exchange rate fluctuations are usually caused by the actual flow of money, as well as predictions of global macroeconomic conditions. Currencies are traded against one another in an open market that operates 24 hours a day during the week. Rates on this site are updated from public sources once daily during the wee

Exchange rates are sensitive to a great variety of factors. Exchange rate fluctuations are usually caused by the actual flow of money, as well as predictions of global macroeconomic conditions. Currencies are traded against one another in an open market that operates 24 hours a day during the week. Rates on this site are updated from public sources once daily during the wee