Using data from The Economist's Big Mac Index for 2019, the following table shows the local currency price of a Big Mac in several countries as well as the actual exchange rate between each country and the United States. At the time of the data collection, a Big Mac would have cost you $5.74 in the United States and GBP 3.29 in the United Kingdom. The actual exchange rate between the British pound and the U.S. dollar was $1.25 per pound. The dollar price of a Big Mac purchased in the United Kingdom was, therefore, computed as follows: Dollar price of a Big Mac in the United KingdomDollar price of a Big Mac in the United Kingdom  =  =  GBP 3.29×$1.25GBP 1.00GBP 3.29×$1.25GBP 1.00    =  =  $4.11$4.11   For the price you paid for a Big Mac in the United States, you could have purchased a Big Mac in the United Kingdom and had some change left over for fries! Complete the final column of the table by computing the dollar price of a Big Mac for the countries where this amount is not given. Note: Round your answers to the nearest cent.   Big Mac Index: January 2019 Local Price Actual Exchange Rate Dollar Price (Foreign currency) (Dollars per unit of foreign currency) (Dollars) Euro area 4.08 1.12     Norway 42.00 0.12     United Kingdom 3.29 1.25 4.11 Poland 10.80 0.26 2.81 China  21.00 0.14 2.94 Source: “The Big Mac Index, Our Interactive Currency Comparison Tool,” The Economist, last modified January 10, 2019, accessed September 27, 2019, https://www.economist.com/news/2019/07/10/the-big-mac-index.   Purchasing-power parity (PPP) theory states that exchange rates would need to equalize the prices of goods in any two countries. For the dollar price of a Big Mac to be the same in both countries, a U.S. citizen would need to be able to convert $5.74 into exactly GBP 3.29. To find the exchange rate at which hamburger purchasing power is the same in both countries, divide the price in the United States by the price in the United Kingdom: PPP Exchange Rate (U.S. Dollars per British pound)PPP Exchange Rate (U.S. Dollars per British pound)  =  =  $5.74GBP 3.29$5.74GBP 3.29    =  =  $1.74 per pound$1.74 per pound   The exchange rate that would have equalized the dollar price of a Big Mac in the United States and the Euro area (that is, the PPP exchange rate for Big Macs) is    . This change would mean that the euro had    against the dollar.

The following paragraphs discuss the impact of various economic events on the exchange rate. Complete the paragraphs by filling in the blanks. Use any of the words from the following list (you can use each of these words as many times as you wish but choose carefully - your sentence must make grammatical sense):demand   supply left right buy sell imports exports rise fall increases decreases   What happens to the current account balance and the exchange rate when the following happens?   Suppose that New Zealand firms become more profitable relative to foreign firms and so increase their payment of dividends (everything else held constant). The value for net foreign income therefore ________ and the value of the current account balance will _______.   Payment of NZ dividends to foreign owners affects the _______ or/of $NZ while payments of foreign dividends to NZ owners of foreign companies affects the _______ for/of $NZ.   Therefore the impact of the change in profit of NZ firms is…

You work for the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Your supervisor gives you the following U.S. International Transactions Accounts for the Year 20XX (figures are in billions of dollars) and wants it reported in a coherent fashion in accordance with accepted conventions: Investment income payments (27.3); Export of goods 80.6; Balance of services 5.1; Capital outflow (44.5); Imports of goods (110.9); Change in Official Reserves 2; Investment income receipts 24.7; Capital inflow 73.6; Net unilateral transfers (3.3). (a) He wants you to compute the balances of trade, current account, capital account and statistical discrepancy. (b) He also wants you to find out (based on your calculation) if the U.S. is a net debtor or a net creditor and  why

An exchange rate is the domestic price to purchase one unit of a foreign currency. For example, how much does it cost in Canadian dollars to buy one US dollar? There are various economic theories to predict exchange rates. The simplest theory is known as the Law of One Price or also known as Absolute Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). Use absolute PPP and the price of a Big Mac in different countries to complete the table below and to predict whether the local currency is over or undervalued compared to the US dollar. Country USA Canada Saudi Arabia Brazil Italy Source: The Economist Big Mac Price in Local Currency $4.62 $5.54 SR 10 R$ 12 €3.75 Current Market Exchange Rate e 1.10 3.75 2.27 0.74 Exchange Rate Predicted by PPP and Big Mac ê According to the table above, an arbitrageur in Brazil could make money by If the Big Mac Index were accurate for other tradeable goods and services, Brazil's AD curve would O Local Currency should... the US. 수 + 8°C. Clou

The figure below illustrates the market for Bahamian dollars, where the price of the Bahamian dollar is valued in U.S. dollars. Assume that the Bahamian government wants to peg its currency to the U.S. dollar at a 1:1 ratio (one U.S. dollar = one Bahamian dollar). But the current exchange rate is at 90 cents (10 cents below the official peg). What must the Bahamian central bank do to return to the $1 exchange rate A. It would need to reduce the demand for the Bahamlan dollar. B. It would need to reduce the supply of the Bahamian dollar. C. It would need to Increase the supply of the Bahamian dollar. D. It would need to Increase the demand for the Bahamlan dollar. Part 2 Suppose you are a U.S. student and are thinking about visiting the Bahamas for spring break. You would rather the central bank intervened ___ (before or after) spring break. Part 3 Suppose that currently, the exchange rate is 1 Bahamian dollar for 1 U.S. dollar. The price of a Big Mac is $5 in the United States and 3.00…

You have just been hired by the U.S. government to analyze the following scenario. Suppose the U.S. agricultural industry is concerned about the level of fruit and vegetable imports to the United States, a practice that hurts domestic producers. Lobbyists claim that implementing a tariff on imports would shrink the size of the trade deficit. The following exercise will help you to analyze this claim. The following graph shows the demand and supply of U.S. dollars in a model of the foreign-currency exchange market. Shift the demand curve, the supply curve, or both to show what would happen if the government decided to implement the tariff.   Given this change, the dollar_______ (appreciates/depreciates).   Fill in the following table with the effect of a tariff on the following items:

Balance of payments accounting. For the following international transactions, identify the balance of payments accounts and whether the transaction would generate an inflow or an outflow of foreign exchange for the two countries involved. ■ TIAA-CREF—the pension fund of American college professors—purchases 1 million shares of South Africa’s Standard Bank for $16 million. ■ Air France purchases $2.5 million of jet fuel at Boston’s Logan Airport. Payment is made directly from Air France’s bank account with State Street in Boston. ■ Hong Kong–based Cathay Pacific pays a $25 million annual lease on two Boeing 777s to U.S.-based lessor GE Capital.

If a Big Mac is selling in the United States for $3.57, what is the implied exchange rate between each of the currencies in the table? (Enter your responses rounded to two decimal places.) Big Mac Price Actual Exchange Rate 7.50 reais 1.58 reais per dollar 7.00 zlotys Implied Exchange Rate reais per dollar zlotys per dollar won per dollar korunas per dollar 2.03 zlotys per dollar 1,018 won per dollar 3,200 won 66.10 korunas 14.5 korunas per dollar According to your results, the U.S. dollar is Country Brazil Poland South Korea Czech Republic against the South Korean won and againt the Brazilian real.

You work for the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Your supervisor gives you the following U.S. International Transactions Accounts for the Year 20XX (figures are in billions of dollars) and wants it reported in a coherent fashion in accordance with accepted conventions: Investment income payments $24; Export of goods $456; Balance of services $57; U.S purchases of foreign assets were $147.; Imports of goods $589; Change in Official Reserves $15; Investment income receipts $28; Foreign purchases of U.S. assets were $230; Net unliteral transfers were ($32). ($32) means -$32. a)- He wants you to compute the balances of trade, current account, capital account and statistical discrepancy. b)- He also wants you to find out (based on your calculation) if the U.S. is a net debtor or a net creditor. Explain

The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another currency. An exchange rate specifies how many units of one country's currency are needed to buy one unit of another country's currency. Suppose the following table forecasts exchange rate data for May 21, 2018, in terms of U.S. dollars per unit of foreign currency. Use the information in the table to answer the questions that follow. Foreign Currency Cost of One Unit of Foreign Currency (Dollars) Lithuanian litas (LTL) 0.3666 Canadian dollar (CAD) 0.8493 Euro (EUR) 1.3288 Mexican peso (MXN) 0.0889 United Kingdom pound (GBP) 1.8965   Suppose that on May 21, 2018, an ornamental bookcase handmade in the United Kingdom is priced at GBP 530. The approximate U.S. dollar price of the bookcase would be    .   If the exchange rate for the U.S. dollar–U.K. pound rises from $1.8965 to $2.2758 per U.K. pound, the U.S. dollar    in value, or    , relative to the U.K. pound.