A currency's appreciation or depreciation can be influenced by a number of factors, including interest rates, trade, and politics. In the foreign exchange market, currency depreciation occurs when ...

The opposite of appreciation is currency depreciation, which occurs when a currency loses value compared to the currency against which it is being traded. Countries use currency appreciation as a ...

After more than nine months of the exchange rate being held at 36.5 bolivars to the dollar, the government in mid-October allowed the currency to float, beginning a depreciation that has seen the ...