Economics and Currency Markets

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Economics and Currency Markets

Instructor: EDUCBA

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8 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

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8 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Analyze exchange rates, currency valuation models, and foreign exchange market dynamics.
Evaluate economic growth drivers, policy impacts, and long-term investment implications.
Apply economic and regulatory frameworks to assess financial markets and investment decisions.

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There are 8 modules in this course

Master the economics concepts that drive global financial markets, exchange rates, and investment decisions. Build advanced skills in currency valuation, economic growth analysis, and financial market regulation.

This course provides a practical framework for understanding how exchange rates are determined, how parity conditions influence currency values, and how monetary and fiscal policies affect global markets. Learners will explore foreign exchange markets, currency forecasting models, interest rate relationships, purchasing power parity, and exchange rate equilibrium concepts. The course also examines economic growth theories, productivity, human capital, demographic trends, and investment implications of long-term growth. In addition, learners will gain insights into financial regulation, regulatory tools, and market oversight frameworks that shape modern financial systems. By the end of the course, learners will be able to analyze currencies, evaluate economic growth drivers, assess policy impacts, apply forecasting techniques, and make more informed investment decisions using advanced economic frameworks.

Explore the structure of foreign exchange markets, spot and forward transactions, arbitrage opportunities, bid-offer quotations, and currency market fundamentals.

What's included

8 videos1 assignment

8 videosTotal 74 minutes

Introduction to Economics CFA Level 29 minutes
Foreign Exchange Market Concepts10 minutes
Arbitrage Constraints on Spot Exchanges9 minutes
Working on Example 29 minutes
Working on Example 39 minutes
Forward Markets9 minutes
Forward Markets Continues6 minutes
Mark to Market Value12 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Foreign Exchange Market Foundations30 minutes

Examine purchasing power parity, Fisher effects, interest rate parity frameworks, and the relationships connecting inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates.

What's included

8 videos1 assignment

8 videosTotal 67 minutes

Long Term Framework of Interest Rates8 minutes
Long Term Framework of Interest Rates Continues8 minutes
Uncovered Interest Rate Parity11 minutes
Example 4 in Curriculum7 minutes
Purchasing Power Parity9 minutes
Fisher Effect and Real Interest Rate Parity10 minutes
Fisher Effect and Real Interest Rate Parity Continues7 minutes
Bringing All Parity Conditions Together7 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Interest Rates and Currency Parity30 minutes

Analyze exchange rate equilibrium, capital flows, monetary policy frameworks, exchange rate management strategies, and currency crises.

What's included

8 videos1 assignment

8 videosTotal 71 minutes

Assigning Exchange Rate Equilibrium Level11 minutes
Carry Trade9 minutes
Impact of Balance of Payment Flows12 minutes
Monetary and Fiscal Policy11 minutes
Taylor Rule12 minutes
Exchange Rate Management7 minutes
Currency Crisis6 minutes
Short Term Forecasting Tools3 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Exchange Rate Equilibrium and Policy Impact30 minutes

Develop skills in currency forecasting, bid-offer analysis, forward pricing, forward premiums and discounts, and mark-to-market valuation.

What's included

8 videos1 assignment

8 videosTotal 73 minutes

Currency Exchange Rates Determination9 minutes
Summary of Forecasting Currency10 minutes
Summary of Currency Forecasting Continues10 minutes
Bid Offer Rates10 minutes
Bid Offer Rates Continues10 minutes
Calculating Forward Premium Dis6 minutes
Forward Rates9 minutes
Mark to Marker of Forward Positions10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Currency Forecasting and Market Pricing30 minutes

Apply purchasing power parity models, equilibrium exchange rate analysis, and parity-based valuation methods for advanced currency assessment.

What's included

8 videos1 assignment

8 videosTotal 60 minutes

Covered and Uncovered Interest Rate5 minutes
Covered and Uncovered Interest Rate Continues8 minutes
Absolute Version of PPP and Real Version of PPP7 minutes
Absolute Version of PPP and Real Version of PPP Continues6 minutes
Working on Example 58 minutes
Long Run Equilibrium Exchange Rates6 minutes
Uncovered Interest Rate Parity11 minutes
Working on Example 88 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Advanced Exchange Rate Models30 minutes

Evaluate the interaction between capital movements, economic policies, inflation dynamics, currency forecasting, and financial stability.

What's included

8 videos1 assignment

8 videosTotal 63 minutes

Capital Flow7 minutes
Currency Exchange Rates6 minutes
Currency Exchange Rates Continues7 minutes
Expansionary and Restrictive Policy9 minutes
Policy and Inflation Rate9 minutes
Currency Determination and Forecasting7 minutes
Capital Control Measure8 minutes
Currency Crises10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Currency Forecasting and Global Capital Flows30 minutes

Analyze growth drivers, productivity, human capital, growth theories, and the relationship between economic growth and investment opportunities.

What's included

11 videos1 assignment

11 videosTotal 103 minutes

Technical Analysis and Positioning Indicators6 minutes
Growth In Global Economies10 minutes
Growth In Global Economies Continues9 minutes
Why Potential Growth Matters to Investors11 minutes
Why Potential Growth Matters to Investors Continue9 minutes
Determinants of Economic Growth12 minutes
Determinants of Economic Growth Continue10 minutes
Labor Quality-Human Capital11 minutes
Theories of Growth12 minutes
Neoclassical Model6 minutes
Theories of Growth Example7 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Economic Growth and Investment Analysis30 minutes

Explore advanced growth theories, capital formation, regulatory frameworks, market oversight mechanisms, and regulatory decision-making tools.

What's included

15 videos1 assignment

15 videosTotal 134 minutes

Endogenous Growth Theory6 minutes
Convergence Debate8 minutes
Growth In An Open Economy11 minutes
Economic Growth and Investment Decisions12 minutes
More on Investment Decisions10 minutes
Impact of Demographics and Immigration10 minutes
Impact of Physical Capital and Human Capital8 minutes
Economics of Regulation6 minutes
Classification of Regulation8 minutes
Economic Rationale of Regulators8 minutes
Regulatory Tools8 minutes
Regulation of Commerce and Financial Markets9 minutes
Cost Benefit Analysis10 minutes
Summary of Economics of Regulation10 minutes
Conclusion9 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Growth Theory and Economic Regulation30 minutes

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