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What Is The Nominal Effective Exchange Rate

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2005: Using the Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER), unadjusted weighted average rate or currency index at which one country’s exchanges for multiple foreign currencies. NEER is an indicator of a country’s international aggressiveness in the forex market. The countries used for the calculations of NEER are Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan and UK against U.S. Dollar. For 2005, relative value of NEER is 0.972903 which indicates that the index for the Dollar depreciated to its major foreign trading countries. Furthermore, foreign export will increase because of depreciation of the Dollar while the Dollar is weak, it will increase the demand for U.S goods. …show more content…

Furthermore, foreign export will increase because of depreciation of the Dollar while the Dollar is weak, it will increase the demand for U.S goods in foreign countries. Similarly, exports in U.S will increase whereas imports will decrease. The value of foreign currencies in basket foreign currencies are weighted according to the value of trade with the domestic country, in this case, it is U.S. Dollar. The home currency, U.S. Dollar means that the home currency is usually worth less than the imported currency. The purchasing power of South Korea and Japan is still strong compared to the U.S., even though, it decreased from previous year. However, the weight percentage as well as the U.S. exports including goods only of Canada and Mexico are higher for 2006. In 2006, we can see that the REER remained above 1 indicating a strong U.S dollar relative to its major trading partners. The REER is calculated to be 1.09521, showing a slight increase in U.S economy and Dollar strength when compared to the previous year. While the REER is above 1, this would make the U.S currency strong in relation to other currencies. This slight increase makes sense because If we look at the data provided, from year 2005 to 2006, FC/$ has decreased across the board. 2007: NEER index for 2007, relative value is 0.98913, which indicates that for the Dollar depreciated, similarly to 2005 and 2006 index rate for Dollar against basket

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