Assuming the exchange rate is the foreign currency price of
dollars (x), use an appropriate diagram...
Assuming the exchange rate is the foreign currency price of
dollars (x), use an appropriate diagram and describe the effect of
a domestic increase in G (i.e., our government increases its
spending) on the value of the foreign currency.
If the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange shifts left, then the exchange rate
rises and the quantity of dollars exchanged falls.
rises and the quantity of dollars exchanged does not change.
rises and the quantity of dollars exchanged rises.
falls and the quantity of dollars exchanged does not change.
If a country has a trade deficit
It has positive net exports and positive net capital outflow.
It has positive net exports and negative net capital...
1. The foreign exchange rate for the purchase or sale of foreign
currency at an agreed future date is called the ________ exchange
rate.
A. forecast
B. spot
C. interest
D. forward
E. estimated
2. Retained earnings have no cost to a company because there are
no dividend or interest payments required for them.
A. True
B. False
3. A firm's total assets at the end of last year were $507,000
and its net income was $46,270. What was its...
For each of the following events draw a
diagram of the foreign
exchange market for dollars in equilibrium, and show the
effect on the demand curve and/or the supply curve of dollars as a
result of each of the events. Does the dollar rise or fall in
value?
i)
Interest rates in the United States rise.
ii) Speculators
become convinced that the future value of the Japanese yen will be
higher relative to the dollar than it is today.
In an open economy, why is the supply curve for dollars in the
foreign-currency exchange market vertical?
Answers:
Net capital outflow is determined by real GDP, not the real
exchange rate.
Net capital outflow is extremely sensitive to small changes in
the real exchange rate.
Net capital outflow is determined by the real interest rate, not
the real exchange rate.
Net capital outflow equals net exports.
Where does the supply of dollars in the foreign-currency
exchange market come from? a. from
Canadian national saving b. from
Canadian net capital outflow c. from
domestic investment d. from
foreign demand for Canadian goods
The exchange rate of
a currency is the price paid in one country's currency for the
currency of another country. If a company in the United States
sources parts from a company in Europe, dollars will need to be
converted to euros to pay for the parts. This need to convert
currency introduces uncertainty as to the actual cost of the parts,
since the exchange rate at the time the price is quoted may be
different from the rate when...
Given a currency pair, what happens to the exchange rate if the
foreign exchange market is in disequilibrium? Does it matter if the
exchange rate is above or below the equilibrium rate? Understand
what market forces drive the exchange rate back to equilibrium in
both cases, whether or not the cases are different.
Draw a Demand and Supply diagram of the foreign exchange
market for dollars in equilibrium.
Suppose the Federal Reserve reduces interest rates while interest
rates in Europe do not change. Make use of a graph of the foreign
exchange market to show how this will affect the value of the
dollar.
6. Pricing foreign goods The nominal exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another currency. A nominal 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 presents nominal exchange rate data for November 26, 2014, in terms of U.S. dollars per unit of foreign currency. Use the information in the table to answer the questions that follow ...
Use the Market for Loanable Funds, Net Foreign Investment and
the Market for Foreign Currency Exchange diagrams combined, to
examine the impact of a removal of import tariff on each market. In
your answer make sure that you fully explain the impact in each
market and that you comment on the impact on each of the following
variables:
1)private saving
2)public saving
3)national saving
4)investment
5)net foreign investment
6)exchange rate
7)net exports