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  2. Currency appreciation and depreciation - Wikipedia

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    Currency depreciation is the loss of value of a country's currency with respect to one or more foreign reference currencies, typically in a floating exchange rate system in which no official currency value is maintained. Currency appreciation in the same context is an increase in the value of the currency. Short-term changes in the value of a ...

  3. United Arab Emirates dirham - Wikipedia

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    Abu Dhabi used the Bahraini dinar, at a rate of 10 Gulf rupees = 1 dinar. In 1973, the UAE adopted the UAE dirham as its currency. Abu Dhabi adopted the UAE dirham in place of the Bahraini dinar, at 1 dinar = 10 dirhams, while in the other emirates, the Qatar and Dubai riyal were exchanged at par.

  4. Purchasing power parity - Wikipedia

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    Purchasing power parity is an economic term for measuring prices at different locations. It is based on the law of one price, which says that, if there are no transaction costs nor trade barriers for a particular good, then the price for that good should be the same at every location. [ 1] Ideally, a computer in New York and in Hong Kong should ...

  5. Big Mac Index - Wikipedia

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    The Big Mac Index is a price index published since 1986 by The Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and providing a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries. It "seeks to make exchange-rate theory a bit more digestible ...

  6. Economy of the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy. The UAE's economy is the 4th largest in the Middle East (after Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel ), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$415 billion (AED 1.83 trillion) in 2021-2023. [ 5] The UAE economy is heavily reliant on revenues from petroleum and natural gas ...

  7. Cost of electricity by source - Wikipedia

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    Lazard study assumes "60% debt at 8% interest rate and 40% equity at 12% cost" for its LCOE calculation but did not disclose their methodology or project portfolio used to calculate prices. [91] In the 2023 study Lazard explained their LCOE estimates for nuclear power are "based on the then-estimated costs of the Vogtle Plant and US-focused".

  8. Exchange-rate pass-through - Wikipedia

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    Exchange-rate pass-through (ERPT) is a measure of how responsive international prices are to changes in exchange rates . Formally, exchange-rate pass-through is the elasticity of local-currency import prices with respect to the local-currency price of foreign currency. It is often measured as the percentage change, in the local currency, of ...

  9. Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    This followed the creation of the UAE as an independent state in 1971. The original purpose of the UAE Currency Board was to issue an independent currency for the new state to replace the existing currencies in use: the Qatari riyal and the Bahraini Dinar. The new UAE dirham entered circulation on the same day the Currency Board was established.