For each of the following transactions, determine which U.S. balance of payments account is credited and which is debited and by how much. Assume payments for all transactions are deposited into a U.S. dollar-denominated bank account.

How would each item be counted in the US balance of payments? Give sign, category (e.g. export, FDI, income flow, etc.) and account (CA, FA or OR).

Look at each of the cases below from the point of view of the balance of payments for Canada. Determine the subcategory of the current account or financial account that each transaction would be classified in, and state whether it would enter as a credit or debit. a. A migrant worker in Ottawa sends $500 home to his village in Mexico. b. A Canadian charity donates five tons of rice to the Sudan to help with famine relief. c. A Canadian retired couple flies from Vancouver to Tokyo on Japan Airlines.

Currency Exchange Vietnamese bank rate Saigon Airport exchange bureau rate Hotel exchange bureau rate Assuming an intial cash amount for exchange to dong of: Page Rate d19,800 d19,500 d19,400 Problem 4 Vietnamese Coffee Coyote Many people were surprised when Vietnam became the second largest coffee producing country in the world in recent years, second only to Brazil. The Vietnamese dong, VND or d, is managed against the U.S. dollar but is not widely traded. If you were a traveling coffee buyer for the wholeale market (a "coyote" by industry terminology), which of the following currency rates and exchange commission fees would be in your best interest if traveling to Vietnam on a buying trip? 4 $10,000.00 > of 6 Commission 2.50% 2.00% 1.50%

Identify each transaction by whether it belongs in the US current account or financial account: A French corporation buys a chain of hotels in the United States O Financial Account O Current Account

Reducing Economic Exposure Colorado, Inc., is a U.S.-based MNC that obtains 10 percent of its supplies from European manufacturers. Sixty percent of its revenues are due to exports to Europe, where its product is invoiced in euros. Explain how Colorado can attempt to reduce its economic exposure to exchange rate fluctuations in the euro.

Assume you have $1,000,000 and are given the following information. What is the triangular arbitrage opportunity? Value of a British Pound in U.S. dollars Value of a Euro in U.S. dollars Value of a British Pound in Euros USD1.80 USD1.25 Euro 1.44

If one U.S. dollar is traded on the foreign exchange market for about 0.89 euros, then one euro can purchase about U.S. dollars. a) 0.75 b) 1.12 c) 1.75 d) 0.89

How will an increase in demand for Mexican pesos affect supply of dollar in a flexible exchange market system? Explain what happens to their value in the exchange market.

Suppose DeGraw Corporation, a U.S. exporter, sold a solar heating station to a Japanese customer at a price of 143.5 million yen, when the exchange rate was 140 yen per dollar. In order to close the sale, DeGraw agreed to be paid in yen, thus agreeing to take some exchange rate risk for the transaction. The terms were net 6 months. a. If the yen fell against the dollar such that one dollar would buy 154.4 yen when the invoice was paid, what dollar amount would DeGraw receive after it exchanged yen for U.S. dollars? b. What is the difference (in dollars) between what DeGraw could have received had they asked for payment immediately (before the devaluation of the yen) instead of six months later?