Fluctuations in exchange markets result in gains and losses in the purchasing power of reserves.

Assad now appears prepared to give up his chemical weapons in exchange for remaining in power.

The economist Menzie Chinn, using purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates, reckoned the renminbi s undervaluation to be 40 .

Any change in the exchange rate of the dollar affects the purchasing power of these countries, and therefore their real income.

Therefore, a central bank must continually increase the amount of its reserves to maintain the same power to manipulate exchange rates.

This alone means that under normal circumstances the purchasing power of China s foreign exchange reserves will automatically depreciate by 4 each year.

Likewise, geo economic calculations of relative GDP, terms of trade, and foreign exchange reserves carry significant weight in determining the balance of power.

The Mediterranean Sea, at the juncture of three continents, fostered the projection of military power and the exchange of goods, ideas and inventions.

Europe also became nervous after the euro exchange rate rose to more than 1.40, far beyond the purchasing power parity (PPP) rate of 1.17.

After he seized power, America welcomed Musharraf s willingness to fight al Qaeda and the Taliban on his territory in exchange for large infusions of military aid.

Korean rulers only managed to survive by playing one foreign power off against the other, and by offering subservience, mainly to Chinese emperors, in exchange for protection.

It all starts when some imbalance causes overall inflation or some key price typically the exchange rate, but also power, water, and gasoline to come under upward pressure. The government then uses its coercive power to keep a lid on price growth.

6. Welcomes the cooperation agreements existing between the Territory and Denmark, the former colonial Power of the Territory, on the exchange of artefacts and the repatriation of archival material.

He noted that the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission had the power to grant amnesty in exchange for a full accounting of events by perpetrators of wrongful acts.

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For one thing, its purchasing power is already scraping along at a fairly low level globally indeed, near an all time low, according to the Fed s broad dollar exchange rate index.

Because assistance does not rest on federal resources, but rather on the pooling of national resources, creditor states inevitably demand more power in exchange for providing more support to their neighbors.

Unfortunately, President Bingu died shortly thereafter, leaving behind a shattered economy in the grips of serious shortages of foreign exchange, electrical power and fuel, with Joyce Banda taking over as president.

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At the same time as Rato pushed reluctant European nations to yield some of their power in the Fund, he introduced reforms that clarified and strengthened the Fund s role in managing exchange rates.

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After the popular upheaval that ousted President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali from power, the peril of supporting Arab autocrats in exchange for flimsy stability should have once again become apparent to Western powers.

China s foreign exchange reserves, indeed, are facing a triple whammy a decline in the US dollar s purchasing power, a fall in the prices of US government securities, and possible inflation in the longer run.

Local power, central power, now, people power.