Foreign exchange rate –
popularly known as forex or FX in abbreviated form – is the largest market
throughout the globe. To your utter surprise, a cosmic amount of $5 trillion is
traded in currency industry day in and day out. The intended purpose of this blog
is not to teach you how to be a success in this business but inform you about
the very primer about currency exchange rate. This blog is also focused on the movement
of Thai exchange rate to help people understand where the trend is heading to.
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Exchange
Rate – What It Is All about
An exchange rate is the rate of
conversion between two currencies. Knowing the currency rate is very important if
you are traveling another country. On the national perspective, currency exchange
demands importance in times of export and import. Every economy is an open
economy implying that each country in involved in international trade. Needless
to say, exchange rate between currencies of the two trading countries plays a
pivotal role during this time. For simplicity, you may consider the exchange
rate sort of price of a commodity. From the theoretical angle, identical assets
should fetch the same price irrespective of the countries where they are sold
in order to keep the intrinsic value of one currency in terms of other on an
even keel.
Recent
Trend in Thai Exchange Rate
In the last month,
there has been a slight depreciation in Thai Exchange Rate against the US
dollar. However, the ‘dipping down’ of Baht against the US currency has been continuing
over the last 12 months. During this phase, Thai exchange rate has been
devalued by 3.33 percent against US dollar.
If we look back at history and follow the exchange
rate between Thai and dollars, we will get to know that the rate hit a record
high of 55.50 in Jan, 1998 and touched historical low of 20.36 in July, 1981.
Here you need to know two most important aspect of Thai exchange rate – Thai Baht
spot exchange rate and Thai Baht forward rate. The quote and exchange of Thai
exchange rate happens on the same day whereas in case of Thai forward rate, quote
as well as delivery and payment are done on different dates.
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