Exchange rate volatility makes export earnings and the costs of intermediate goods uncertain. When prices cannot react to exchange rate fluctuations, profit margins have to absorb such volatility. A high level of exchange rate uncertainty, therefore, makes profits unpredictable and hence weighs on investment. Exchange rate volatility that gives rise to adjustment costs would persist for a protracted period. Investment decisions are changed in response to short term uncertainty in profitability of firms. This book reviews world and Indian exchange rate system. And it mainly studies Indian...
Exchange rate volatility makes export earnings and the costs of intermediate goods uncertain. When prices cannot react to exchange rate fluctuations, ...