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Expound on the balance of payments/current account view of exchange rates.

Expound on the balance of payments/current account view of exchange rates.

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The Balance of payment is also known as balance of International Payments of country is the records of all economic transactions between the home country and the rest of the world for a particular period. The Balance of payment considers all external transactions of country. It is also an important aspect specially in international trade. BOP provides details information about demand and supply of country currency.

Exchange Rate refer to rate at which home country can exchange their currency with other country. Exchange rate can be Fixed or Flexible/Floating.

Fixed Exchange rate can be determined by central authority of country while on other hand flexible exchange rate can be determined by demand and supply of Foreign currency in international market.

A change in country balance of payment can cause of fluctuation in exchange rate between home currency and foreign currency. BOP does not impact exchange rate when exchange rate is fixed rate, because fixed rates are controlled by central banks and they adjust the flow of currency to offset with International funds. (i.e Hedging)

In other words country BOP can cause fluctuation in exchange rate can only exist under floating exchange exchange rate.

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