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The share prices of commodity producers and consumers can also be affected by the movements in US dollars. Higher local currency earnings mean higher profits in local currency terms. Listen to lesson 8 to to learn more.

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We’ve just learned how changes in fiscal policy can change monetary policy. We’ve also seen how changes in monetary policy and interest rates can cause changes in the economy as well as the markets for currency and bonds.

In the next three lessons, we’ll see how these changes affect the markets for the three remaining asset classes: commodities, equities, and cryptocurrencies.

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In Module 4, we learned that foreign exchange rates are the price between two national currencies. Increased demand for the base currency relative to the quoted currency makes the foreign exchange rate go up. Learn more in lesson 6.

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If someone asked you to lend them money for one day, you might charge them 2%. If they asked you to lend them money for ten years, you’d probably want to charge them a higher rate of interest. That’s because you might have more uses for your money over ten years than overnight. Plus, there’s always the chance that they might be less likely to pay you back in ten years than tomorrow.

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In Module 5, we learned that the most powerful people in the economy after politicians are central bankers. Politicians control fiscal policy. But central bankers control the level of interest rates in the economy. This is called monetary policy. Let's learn more in lesson 4.

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