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- Asta Pravilonytė
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Tuesday, 5 February 2013
How much the purchase power of currency affects prosperity?
It
seems that there is no end to the monetary policy easing. According to the Wall Street Journal’s article
published on 5 February, 2013, French President F Hollande
is calling the euro-zone governments to consider the monetary zone’s policy on
foreign exchange. The massive quantitative-easing programmes
launched by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England as well as policies
of the Bank of Japan to keep yen at law rates encourage European leaders to respond
with similar decisions. However, how effective is monetary policy easing?
The
threat of undermined stability of the global financial system was the main
reason for central banks to start purchasing toxic assets
and injecting additional cash into the system. Initiated cooperation was seen
as essential to calm the markets; however, quantitative easing programs have
grown into the permanent policies. Moreover, the necessity of such prolonged actions
is backed with the economic recovery policies. The financial stability was sustained
in exchange of currency devaluation policies those were also understood as favourable circumstances for exporters. The race for better export conditions
sparked currency wars between the major advanced economies; however, does
reduced purchase power of currency increase the prosperity?
Money
is a short term asset and the value of the securities denominated in particular
currency also fluctuates according to the exchange rate. Thus, how much wealth is
generated through the policies those reduce value of currencies?
Maybe
it depends on goals and measures those are placed in action. Could it be that the
devaluation of the currency is a goal and the monetary easing programmes
are the measures to support the devaluation? Could it be that increased export
is a goal and the devaluated currency is a measure to achieve it? Perhaps all of
those measures are used as undoubted believes of strong recovery. But how much
reduced purchase power of currency increases consumption and strengthens consumers’
ability to choose products and services?
So,
if the goal is prosperity, could the devaluation of the currency be the right
measure to pursue?
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