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Currency change in profitability structure

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Anonymous A asked on Jul 23, 2019

Let's assume our structure:

Revenue=Quant. X Revenue per Quant.

Revenue per Quant. : 1) List Price 2) Mix

Where can we capture the changing currency? Many global companies suffer they sell in the local curency but report in dollars when USD increases vs. the local currency.

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Anonymous replied on Jul 23, 2019

You can break down list price into 1) list price in local currency, and 2) USD to local currency FX rate.

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Hi,

With 99.99999% confidence, it will not be the issue in the case. Pls concentrate on the other things

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