The Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is an economic technique used when attempting to determine the relative values of two currencies,It is a theory of long-term equilibrium exchange rates based on relative price levels of two countries. The idea originated with the School of Salamanca in the 16th century and was developed in its modern form by Gustav Cassel in 1918.The concept is founded on the law of one price; the idea that in absence of transaction costs, identical goods will have the same price in different markets.
The theory states that,in an ideally efficient market, identical goods should have only one price, uses the long-term equilibrium exchange rate of two currencies to equalize their purchasing power.
This purchasing power exchange rate equalizes the purchasing power of different currencies in their home countries for a given basket of goods. |