FLOATING AND FIXED EXCHANGE RATES In this discus

If, for the purpose of this example, there has been an agreement made between the governments of Switzerland and the United States that effective immediately, one U.S. dollar would have a value exchange quotient of five Swiss Francs, then we would have established a fixed exchange rate and this would be expressed 1:5 (if the value was being measured in dollars) or 5:1 (if the value was being measured in francs). Fixed currency rates typically exist only in the realm of economic theory.

As Krugman points out, fixed rates impose the "necessity of coordinated monetary policies" (Krugman, 1995, 195). The philosophical theory behind fixed rates is that "By pursuing a tight monetary policy, any individual country can appreciate its currency and thereby achieve a rapid reduction in inflation" (Krugman, 1995, 195).

This rate differs from a fixed rate by allowing the values of individual currencies to rise or fall in relation to each other rather than to the arbitrary standards called for in a fixed rate system. The fluctuations in currency are caused by a phenomenon caused

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