Its purpose is not to encourage the depreciation of the yen, despite complaints about the yen s depreciation.

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In principle, such a depreciation against all of the world s currencies is manageable.

Restoring sustained growth requires real currency depreciation.

Depreciation is used to record the declining value of buildings and equipment over time.

The attempt to achieve them is bound to lead to competitive currency depreciation and protectionism.

And that means further depreciation of the dollar.

The extent of creditor countries losses would depend on the extent of the depreciation, giving them an interest in keeping the depreciation within bounds.

Depreciation is computed using the straight line method over the estimated useful life of the asset.

Dollar depreciation improves Europe s terms of trade and real income.

That is why I believe that these countries and the eurozone more generally would benefit from euro depreciation.

But the euro s depreciation is too recent to have made much difference yet. Historical evidence, not to mention Japan s experience with a falling yen, suggests that it takes several quarters, or even years, before the positive impact of currency depreciation on net exports is felt.

So we expect a substantial depreciation premium on US interest rates.

The depreciation that followed the crisis helped accelerate recovery by boosting exports.

There is a widespread suspicion that the US is deliberately pursuing dollar depreciation (or currency wars, in the words of Brazil s finance minister).

There are three options for restoring competitiveness within the eurozone, all requiring a real depreciation and none of which is viable

But all of the options that might restore competitiveness require real currency depreciation.

Simply put, there must be dollar depreciation to keep global imbalances in check.

A 20 dollar depreciation would therefore reduce Americans purchasing power by only 3 .

When this pattern is combined with the depreciation of the new Israeli shekel (NIS) in 2003 and then its appreciation in 2004, it is clear that while the Palestinian trade balance does not benefit from the depreciation of the Israeli currency, it suffers the full negative impact of currency appreciation.

The depreciation expenses have gone up to 2.02 million against the budgeted amount of 0.9 million. The circumstances under which the depreciation expenses increased by 100 percent could not be satisfactorily explained to the Panel.

The CFA franc s fixed exchange rate is pegged to the euro and overvalued in order to shield French companies from euro depreciation.

In any case, protecting exports by resisting euro appreciation or, more precisely, dollar depreciation is a poor way to promote economic growth.

The only other way to achieve depreciation in real terms is through massive deflation of domestic prices, coupled with a severe recession.

With China retaining its under valued currency policy, dollar depreciation can aggravate global deflationary forces.

The last option deflation of wages and prices to reduce costs, achieve a real depreciation, and restore competitiveness is associated with ever deepening recession.

A return to a national currency and a sharp depreciation would quickly restore competitiveness and growth.

First, it contributes to yen depreciation and dollar appreciation as carry traders switch out of yen.

The yen s depreciation versus the dollar has contributed to continuing large US trade deficits with Japan.

But, in the absence of complementary action, depreciation whether engineered or market driven will make matters worse.

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Meanwhile, massive corruption is devastating Egypt s economy, with growth falling by half in the last two years, accompanied by rising unemployment, higher inflation, and currency depreciation.

Today, it costs 220 naira to buy one British pound, which implies 15 annual average depreciation since 1973.

Yet financial markets are not pricing dollar depreciation and a rise in long term US interest rates accordingly.

Corporate retained earnings have averaged about 3 of GDP after allowing for depreciation of existing plant and equipment.

The sharp depreciation of the euro after the crisis helped sustain German exports, thereby keeping the eurozone afloat.

The Europeans gladly went along with this charade because they now fear dollar depreciation more than global imbalance.

To maintain growth, they need a nominal and real depreciation of their currency to reduce their trade deficits.

In fact, Brazilians purchasing power could shrink further, owing to the depreciation of the real against the dollar.

Chile made its transition to high growth in the 1980 s on the back of a large depreciation.

When the bubble bursts, the afflicted country can restore competitiveness only through a painful process of real depreciation.

Even after depreciation, that 130 billion of extra annual income is capitalized at about 1.5 trillion of wealth, so the current account deficit, even at 1 trillion, is not overwhelmingly large.

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But that is logically flawed even with deflation, real purchasing power would fall, and the real value of debts would rise (debt deflation), as the real depreciation occurs.

Reintroducing the drachma risks exchange rate depreciation in excess of what is necessary to restore competitiveness, which would be inflationary and impose greater losses on drachmatized external debts.