Devaluation of the currency

Japanese: 為替切下げ - かわせきりさげ
Devaluation of the currency

...Therefore, the changes in the legal exchange rate of the dollar in December 1971 and March 1973 had no practical meaning. A fixed exchange rate of each country's currency with the dollar means the official price of the dollar in each country's currency, but a devaluation of this exchange rate means a decrease in the value of the home currency against the dollar, and is also called a devaluation. The opposite is a revaluation, which brings about an increase in the value of the home currency against the dollar. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "exchange rate devaluation" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…したがって,71年12月,73年3月のドルの法定平価の変更は実質的な意味はなかった。 各国通貨のドルとの一定交換比率はドルの各国通貨表示の公定価格を意味しているが,この為替平価の切下げ(平価切下げ)は,ドルに対する自国通貨の価値を下落させることであり,為替切下げ(デバリュエーションdevaluation)ともいわれる。逆の場合は為替切上げ(リバリュエーションrevaluation)であり,ドルに対する自国通貨価値の上昇をもたらす。…

※「為替切下げ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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