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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
Cost of One Unit of Foreign Currency
Foreign Currency (Dollars)
Brazilian real (BRL) 0.3666
Canadian dollar (CAD) 0.8493
Euro (EUR) 1.3288
Japanese yen (JPY) 0.009748
Mexican peso (MXN) 0.0889
United Kingdom pound (GBP) 1.8965
Suppose that on November 26, 2014, a marble statue handmade in the United Kingdom is priced at GBP 530. The approximate U.S. dollar price of the statue would be _______ .
If the nominal exchange rate for the U.S. dollar-Mexican peso rises from $0.0889 to $0.10668 per Mexican peso _______ , in value, or the _______ , relative to the U.S. dollar.