What does devaluation mean?

[riskfreetrading]

What does the word "devaluation of a currency mean" in a technical economic sense. Is it different from floating rate?

 

[balda]

Aren't you offering some services to straggling traders?

 

[covered_call]

Devaluation of a currency occurs when the currency depreciates and is often associated with excess supply of the local currency do to overly dovish cental bank. The central back in 'printing' money as excess supply overwhelms demand.

 

[eusdaiki]

Quote from covered_call:

Devaluation of a currency occurs when the currency depreciates and is often associated with excess supply of the local currency do to overly dovish cental bank. The central back in 'printing' money as excess supply overwhelms demand.

This is due to the law of diminishing marginal returns. Each dollar that is printed is worth less than the previous one.