In: Economics
In a hypothetical world, between last year and this year, the
CPI in Mexico rose from 100 to 115 and the CPI in Russia rose from
85 to 100. Mexico's currency unit, the Peso(MXN), was worth
8.81(MXN) per Canadian dollar last year and is worth 8.73(MXN) per
Canadian dollar this year. Russia's currency unit, the Ruble(RUB),
was worth 23.28(RUB) per Canadian dollar last year and is worth
23.14(RUB) per Canadian dollar this year.
a) Find the percentage change from last year to
this year in Mexico's nominal exchange rate with Russia
(measured as # of Pesos/1 Russia Ruble).
NOTE: Please keep as much precision as possible
throughout your calculations and round off your final answer to
two decimal places.
Percentage change = 0%
b) Find the percentage change from last year to
this year in Mexico's real exchange rate with Russia.
Again, assume that we are measuring the nominal exchange rate
portion as the # of Pesos/1 Russia Ruble.
NOTE: Please keep as much precision as possible
throughout your calculations and round off your final answer to
two decimal places.
Percentage change = 0%
c) | Relative to Russia, do you expect Mexico's exports to be helped
or hurt by these changes in exchange rates?
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(c)The exchange rate refers to the rate at which goods of one country are purchased by the other country. For trading with the other country, there is a need to have the currency of other country. The exchange rate between Mexico and Russia increases. With these changes in the exchange rate, the price of exported goods from Mexico to Russia is expensive to Russia. Therefore, the demand for Mexico exports falls and hence, this change in the exchange rate will hurt Mexico’s exports.