# Currencies, exchange rates and the multiplier effect

> This section is the method of foreign exchange concepts: what currency is, how local and foreign currency differ, what an exchange rate means, why rates fluctuate, how a strong or weak rand changes…

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### What will I learn in "Currencies, exchange rates and the multiplier effect"?

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