An exchange rate is the price of the Australian dollar in another currency, set under a floating system by the demand for and supply of Australian dollars from trade, investment and speculation. That one price works in two directions at once: when the dollar appreciates, A$100 of our exports costs a foreign buyer more while US$100 of imports costs an Australian less, and depreciation reverses both. Governments can fix the rate, let it float or manage it, and the Reserve Bank shifts it mostly through the cash rate. This is the real knowscape from knowhere, not a picture of one. Drag it. Watch what actually changes.
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