augmentation des coûts en monnaie

English translation: increase in costs in real terms

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French term or phrase:	augmentation des coûts en monnaie
English translation:	increase in costs in real terms
Entered by:	Gaurav Sharma

08:12 Jan 22, 2015

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French term or phrase: augmentation des coûts en monnaie

Cette augmentation des coûts en monnaie constante résulte de l'intégration des activités [nom de la société B] et des investissements dans certaines activités essentielles, comme indiqué ci-après.

"increase in total cost"

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Gaurav Sharma
India

increase in costs in real terms

Explanation:
mchd is absolutely right. The expression is "en monnaie constante", which means allowing for inflation (or, if applicable, fluctuations in exchange rates):

"Une monnaie constante est une monnaie ayant un pouvoir d'achat constant dans le temps. Sa valeur théorique est calculée pour une année donnée, et pour éliminer toute variation due à l'inflation ou la déflation."
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monnaie_constante

"in real terms
Growth, income, value, wage, yield, etc., expressed as a quantity from which unreal (apparent or nominal) increase caused by inflation has been subtracted."
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/in-real-terms.h...

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Charles Davis
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Local time: 21:52

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increase in costs in real terms

Charles Davis

increase in real cost

Francois Boye

cost increase in constant currency

B D Finch

4 -1

increase of cost in local currency

telefpro

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Edgar Bettridge

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increase of cost in local currency

Explanation:
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telefpro
Local time: 01:22
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42 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

increase in costs in real terms

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of: English
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Many thanks David.

1 day 9 hrs confidence:

cost increase in constant currency

Explanation:
"An exchange rate that eliminates the effects of exchange rate fluctuations and that is used when calculating financial performance numbers. Companies with major foreign operations often use constant currencies when calculating their yearly performance measures.
INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'Constant Currencies'

For example, consider a French company that sells primarily abroad and sets its prices according to U.S. dollars. If sales increase 10% in dollar terms, but the dollar fell 5% against the franc during the year, only a 5% increase in sales will be reported in the accounts, unless a constant currency is applied in the calculation. In other words, the use of constant currencies allows companies to show performance unaffected by currency fluctuations. "

Reference: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/constantcurrencies.asp

B D Finch
France
Local time: 21:52
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PRO pts in category: 146

6 hrs confidence:

increase in real cost

Explanation:
real cost as opposed to nominal cost: this is how economists speak

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Note added at 9 hrs (2015-01-22 17:14:21 GMT)
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real cost means that the goods and services incurred are evaluated with reference prices other than current prices. Reference prices are prices of a past period used as reference.

Nominal cost, on the contrary, is evaluated using current instead of reference prices.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2015-01-22 17:19:20 GMT)
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When you read "in 1990 dollars", this means that 1990 is used as a reference year.

When you read "en monnaie constante" in French, it means that prices of a reference year were used to evaluate the aggregate being talked about. In this case, the aggregate is the total cost.

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Note added at 1 day12 hrs (2015-01-23 21:10:37 GMT)
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Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 15:52
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French
PRO pts in category: 305

Reference comments

1 hr

Reference: Possible false friend

Reference information:
This question does not refer to constant currency. Constant currency would be taux de change constant.

Example sentence(s):

Chiffre d’affaires 3ème trimestre : +3,4% à taux de change constant

Reference: http://www.guerbet.com/fr/notre-groupe/actualites/news-2012/...

Edgar Bettridge
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

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