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de·val·ue
/ dēˈvalyoō/
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v.
(-val·ues
, -val·ued
, -val·u·ing
) [tr.]
reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of:
I resent the way people seem to devalue my achievement.
∎
(often be devalued) Econ.
reduce the official value of (a currency) in relation to other currencies:
the dinar was devalued by 20 percent.
DERIVATIVES:
de·val·u·a·tion
/ ˌdēvalyoōˈāshən/ n.
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Devaluation or no devaluation - a case for Pakistan.
Magazine article from: Economic Review; 10/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; General Plea for Devaluation The decision regarding devaluation or no devaluation depends on the economic conditions of a country. Devaluation of the do domestic currency is favoured on the g round that it helps to accelerate the foreign trade...
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Distractor devaluation requires visual working memory
Magazine article from: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...inhibition account for this distractor-devaluation effect posits that associative links...reinstantiated, implying that distractor devaluation may require visual working memory...assess this, we measured distractor devaluation with and without a concurrent visual...
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Devaluation now. (devaluation of the Israeli shekel)
Magazine article from: Israel Business Today; 11/25/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...correspondence between inflation and devaluation. For example, in 1993...considerable slowdown in the rate of devaluation, but this did not lead to...The connection between devaluations and private sector wages...is possible to carry out a devaluation in the Israeli economy...
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Major devaluation erodes Taka value by six per cent, THE INDEPENDENT
Newspaper article from: The Independent (Bangladesh); 8/11/2000; 691 words
; ...Bangladesh Bank yesterday said. The devaluation, to be effective from August 13 (Sunday...A noted economist called that the devaluation the reflection of poor economic management...the kerb market. Rather, frequent devaluation of the local currency might cause a...
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Output effects of devaluation: evidence from Asia.
Magazine article from: Journal of Development Studies; 8/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...others, find devaluations to have a...1986] find devaluation to be contractionary...included devaluation, or a series of mini-devaluations, as a program...discussion of devaluation includes...one-shot devaluations. II. METHODOLOGY...
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Devaluation - before and after. (Pakistani rupee)
Magazine article from: Economic Review; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Devaluation is like "lollipop" or "aspro" for short-term...marketing are some of the goals worth attempting. Devaluation cannot be a substitute for these strategies. The devaluation of October 28 is the most momentous economic event...
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Perfect capital mobility, taxation, money illusion, and devaluations.(INTERNAL ECONOMICS)(Report)
Magazine article from: Pakistan Development Review; 12/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...INTRODUCTION Are devaluations contractionary...view that if devaluation is demand...countries and six devaluation episodes to study the effects of devaluations upon prices...the cases, devaluation causes a net...
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Common man in caretakers' trap. (devaluation of Pakistani rupee) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Economic Review; 7/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; * Devaluation of rupee has made life of a common man miserable. * The second successive devaluation of the rupee in one week is an eye opener...hike is round the corner. The massive devaluation of rupee on July 22 to the extent of 10...
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Currency devaluation and trade performance: a case of Jamaica.
Magazine article from: Journal of International Finance and Economics; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...imports; Jamaica currency devaluation 1. INTRODUCTION A persistent...trade performance. Currency devaluation, a popular exchange rate...There were many mini-devaluations and a in September 1990...of Jamaica (2006), the devaluation of the Jamaican dollar was...
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The inflation-devaluation-inflation hypothesis in Nicaragua.
Magazine article from: Journal of Development Studies; 1/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...country economists that these devaluations induced an |inflation-devaluation-inflation' (IDI) vicious...accompanied the largest devaluations (IMF, 1988). According...both undermine nominal devaluation and have little or no effect...
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Devaluation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...may be achieved through a devaluation of one currency, an upward...January 1837). The 1834 devaluation was intended to attract gold...suspended 15 August 1971, the devaluations in terms of gold were pro...Administration briefly adopted devaluation policies in the 1980s, but...
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Currency Devaluation and Revaluation
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...When a government conducts a devaluation, or devalues its currency...gold), there were cases of devaluations and revaluations. Figure...episode is referred to as pound devaluation, rather than a dollar revaluation...thy-neighbor ” devaluations, meaning that one country...
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devaluation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management
devaluation A reduction in the value of a currency...other currencies. Governments engage in devaluation when they feel that their currency has...balance of trade . The intention is that devaluation will make exports cheaper and imports...
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competitive devaluation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management
competitive devaluation The devaluation of a country's currency to make its economy more competitive in international trade, rather than to correct an ongoing disequilibrium in the exchange rate.
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J–Curve
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...policy to improve a deficit situation is devaluation; that is, lowering the value of one...However, for several reasons, after devaluation the trade balance often worsens before...trade balance over time subsequent to devaluation resembles the letter J , economists...
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