Devaluation and depreciation are often interchangeable, although there is a subtle difference. Devaluation refers to changing the value of a currency in a fixed exchange rate, while depreciation is decreasing the value in a floating exchange rate.
Depreciation - currency is worth less
Appreciation - currency is worth more
Depreciation is due to international economic pressures. Devaluation is done by the government.
depreciation is the reduction in the value of an asset due to usage, passage of time, wear and tear, technological outdating or obsolescence, depletion, inadequacy, rot, rust, decay or other such factors. Appreciation is a term used in accounting relating to the increase in value of an asset.
Yen is the Japanese currency whereas yuan is the currency used in China.
Foreign exchange (forex) is the global market of currency (money) , equity market (stock market) is the global market of shares (small pieces of large companies)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_swap
Direct costs are costs specifically tied to objects, like raw materials or equipment. Indirect costs affect the company as a whole, not attached to an 'object', and include things like advertisement, payroll, and depreciation of equipment.
"Futures" and "Futures contracts" are the same thing.
Depreciation is for a particular year (say for Year 3). Accumulated depreciation is the aggregate of depreciation from the beginning (say from Year 1 to Year 3)
Depreciation policy is management thing that what depreciation method to use and how much depreciation to charge to each asset. Depreciation concepts are concepts which govern the depreciation process which management cannot change they are universal rules to follow depreciation that how straight line depreciation work etc.
Ownership in companies is traded in the Stock Market while ownership of foreign money is traded in the currency exchange market.
currency depreciation is a double-edged sword for corporations, on the one hand it makes all your imports MORE expensive since your currency can buy LESS goods with the same amount of money, on the other, it makes your goods LESS expensive to consumers all around the world because their currency can buy MORE of your products with the same amount of their money, so if a company is a major exporter it will be positively affected, if it is a major importer, it will be affected negatively. if it is in the space between the two (which is usually the case) the results will vary depending on the elasticity of the product, the profit margin .... (between + and - )
depreciation is the reduction in the value of an asset due to usage, passage of time, wear and tear, technological outdating or obsolescence, depletion, inadequacy, rot, rust, decay or other such factors. Appreciation is a term used in accounting relating to the increase in value of an asset.
In accounting, depreciation is an allocation of a previous expenditure, while in economics depreciation represents a decline in current value.
Book Value is the difference between the cost of an asset and the accumulated depreciation of that asset.
Depreciation expense is a nominal account which will goin to net income at the end of term. Accumulated depreciation is a contra account with capital assets which shows up in balance sheet.
This will be found under "deferred taxes" on the income statement.
The main determinant is differences in total factor productivity between two countries. The details are too complicated for a site such as this.
Cost of depreciation assets and accumulated depreciation is same as accumulated depreciaton calculates how much depreciation is charged till date while remaining is current book value of assets.