How do the fluctuations in the exchange rate influence the domestic price level?


When a currency depreciates the prices of imported inputs will rise. The domestic aggregate supply curve therefore shifts inward, pushing up the prices of domestically made goods and services. By exactly analogous reasoning, an appreciation of the a currency makes imported inputs cheaper and shifts the domestic aggregate supply curve outward, thus pushing domestic prices down.

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