International currencies

The interest rates drop is a constant in the major economies of the world. United States was the first country that inaugurated this method to avoid a recession affecting the productive sector, then England took the same course and reduced the cost of money to 5.25%, leading to a fall of the sterling pound.
The eurozone remains an exception to the rule and has been reluctant to take the same path as the United States and England, the president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet has refused more than once to take this measure, although the situation is pushing him to take the same path, due to the euro fall and the growing inflation that hits europe.
Nowadays the principal international currencies are going through a crisis period and this reflects on the situation of the economies because the growth has stopped and the macroeconomic indicators are still throwing alarming figures. The curious thing is that despite the major economies indicators have been going down, the emerging countries are nowadays, the engine of the world economy.
This can be explained because the emerging economies are going through an exceptional situation due to the commodity prices (wheat, oil, corn) have increased and the demand of this products is in raising worldwide.
The emerging economies enjoy very good health, due to the fiscal stability that shields any turbulence, however the major economies recessions can affect the demand of raw materials, one of the pillars of the developing countries economic growth.
The impact of recession and the fall of the major international currencies can be seen in the daily customs of the common people.
A clear example of this is what is happening in New York City, where merchants display in their windows legends saying that they accept euros, something that no American could imagine a few years ago.
The modification in the exchange rates of the international currencies as a result of the crisis and not from a decision of the monetary authority, has revived some productive sectors and has led to a collapse of others. For example, the currency market was not maintained out of this situation, and the most common traded international currency pairs have suffered significant falls, it is curious is that there has been a resurgence of new combinations of international currencies that before were not so demanded by investors.

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