Mary owns a U.S. based company and wants to open a store in Japan. She will have to exchange her USD for Yen in order to finance the rent and payroll. Which of the following situations would put her at the greatest advantage as far as the exchange rates go?  

During the Cold War, United States foreign policy was dominated by the idea of containing the Soviet Union and the expansion of communism worldwide. Define our strategy of containment and then identify and explain at least three specific incidents (Do not include the Cuban Missile Crisis as one of the three) of how the United States acted (or reacted to a crisis) within the strategy of containment to check the advance of Soviet communism during the Cold War.

An importer from the United States who owes a Belgian company 500,000 euros payable in 30 days, anticipates that the United States dollar will depreciate in that period.

What would you recommend doing to the importer?

Buy euros now or wait for the debt due date?

What would happen to the importer's utility if, having followed his advice, the dollar appreciated instead of depreciating as the importer had anticipated?

1. How have the low wages paid in developing country manufacturing operations affected the number of manufacturing jobs in the high-wage Triad countries? (The Triad refers to the three centers dominating the world economy until the late 1990's: the United States (US), the European Union (EU) and Japan (JP).
2. If higher wages in toy factories led to higher prices in the United States for toys, how would it affect the toy industry?
3. a. What can the companies do to ensure that human rights standards are upheld for works both inside and outside their home countries?
4. b. Do you think toy company executives – in Japan, the United States, and elsewhere - should take steps to ensure safety and welfare of factory workers in developing countries? Why or why not?

1)Suppose that inflation in the US is 2 percent and 10 percent in Mexico. Suppose Mexico is expected to experience a 5% real depreciation against the US. What is the expected rate of nominal appreciation or depreciation of the peso relative to the dollar?

2) Consider a world with two countries, the United States and Europe.Prices are perfectly flexible and APPP holds at all times. The money supply at this moment in the United States is $1,000,000, real output in the United States is 1,000 baskets. The money supply at this moment in Europe is €500,000 and real output in Europe is 1,000 baskets.Nominal interest rates, and liquidity demand for money are the same in both countries.

- What is the exchange rate written in European terms?

- Suppose that European output expands to 2,000 baskets but nominal interest rates stay the same , what happens to the price level in Europe?

Consider the trade relations between the United States and China. Assume the leaders of the countries believe the payoffs to alternative trade policies are as follows. If both countries impose low tariffs, then both countries will gain $60 billion. If both countries impose high tariffs, then both countries will gain $40 billion. If one country imposes high tariffs, the country that has high imposed tariffs will gain $50 billion and the country that imposes low tariffs will receive $20 billion.

Draw the payout matrix describing the payouts given the trade choices by the two countries.

Does the United States have a dominant strategy?

Does China have a dominant strategy?

Using the dominant strategy concept explain your answers. Based on this information, is there a Nash equilibrium for trade policy between the United States and China?

Consider the sample space of all people living in the United States, and within that sample space, the following two events.

??=people who are college graduates=people who are unemployedA=people who are college graduatesB=people who are unemployed

Suppose the following statements describe probabilities regarding these two events. Which of the statements describe conditional probabilities? Select all that apply.

The probability is 4.1% that a college graduate is unemployed.

Twenty‑six point two percent of unemployed people are college graduates.

There is a 6.1% chance that a randomly chosen person is unemployed.

One point six percent of people living in the United States are unemployed college graduates.

Of people living in the United States, 39.4% are college graduates.

There is a 43.9% probability that a person is a college graduate or unemployed.

Analyze symbols for the United States

Choose two symbols (remember, symbols can be MANY things) prevalent in the United States. For each, explain:

1. Who is likely to have a “symbolic predisposition” toward it. How does this predisposition manifest itself?

2.What ideology incorporates this symbol?

Example: The American Flag is a symbol that represents the United States of America in international settings. American citizens are predisposed toward its meaning. It carries a sense of pride for man; while others see it as a symbol to redress government (i.e., by burning it or flying it upside-down). Immigrants often are predisposed to it as well: seeing it as a beacon of hope for a better life. Many groups and ideologies incorporate the flag. Nationalistic ideologies (e.g., militias, political ideologies, militarism) espouse the flag as their chief symbol.

boolean isEligibile (int, char, char) using Drjava
isEligibile will return true when the customer is eligible to book a vacation package, and false otherwise. It takes as input 3 pieces of information, first an int representing the customer’s age. Second, a char representing the country where the rental is being made (‘c’ for Canada, ‘u’ for United States, ‘f’ for France). The third input is a char representing if the customer has a valid Canadian passport ‘y’ for Yes, ‘n’ for No.
A customer is eligible to book a package under the following conditions:
If the customer is in Canada, they must be over 21.
If the customer is in the United States, they must be over 18.
If the customer is in France, they must be over 25.
If the customer does not have a valid passport, they are not eligible to book a package in France or the United States.