4. Indian Foreign Exchange Market
Regulated by the Reserve Bank of India through the Exchange
Control Department
Annual turnover - $400 billion
Main centre - Mumbai
Other centres - Kolkata, New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Pondicherry
and Cochin
Regulated by the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 or FEMA
Until 1973 - Foreign Exchange Regulation Act ,1947 or FERA
Until 1999 - Foreign Exchange Regulation Act,1973 and gradually, this
act became as FEMA
5. Determinants of Exchange Rates
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Balance of trade
External Dept
Terms of Trade
Inflation
Interest Rates
Govt. Dept to GDP
IND Govt. External Debt
15. Forex Volatility – Theoritical Understanding
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Devaluation and Revaluation
Devaluation refers to a purposeful or even premeditated decline in
value of a currency in relation to other currencies. Most of the time,
these devaluations are demanded by government entities.
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Depreciation and Appreciation
There are also occasions when the value of a foreign currency
changes due to market fluctuation rather than through purposeful
intervention by a government's central bank. When these occur, they
are described as the currency either appreciating or depreciating.