The 10-year Japanese Government Bond (JGB) yields 0.01%, while U.S. Treasury’s similar issuance yields 0.72%. It seems like the investors like the JGB so much that they are willing to accept close-to-zero interests when lending to the Japanese Government. Both the U.S. Treasury Department and the Japanese Government borrow in the currency they print. Why is the case that only the U.S. Treasuries are considered as the risk-free assets?

A U.S. manufacturer sells an item for $1,000 to a French buyer and quotes the payment to be in U.S. dollars this year. What is the current exchange rate (2/20/19), and what was the exchange rate last year (2/20/18) on the same day? How does this transcation affect the U.S seller and the French buyer? (Illustrate by creating a chart) what would the buyer pay and the seller receive in both cases?

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Total U.S. farmland occupies 954 million acres. How many square miles is this? (l acre 43,560 ft2, I mile 5280 ft).

Total U.S. land area is 3.537 million square miles. What per-centage Of U.S. land is farmland?

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It is noticed that both investment transactions and trade transactions between the U.S. and Mexico are large. Assuming Mexican inflation rate decreases relative to that in the U.S..

(a) Explain how the change of Mexican inflation rate affects the balance of trade of Mexico and equilibrium exchange rate of Mexican pesos.

(b) Using your answers in part (a), explain how the price competitiveness of Mexican products be affected given similar substitutes are available in the U.S.

Review the section discussing international accounting in chapters 15, 20, 22, 23, and 26. Are there major similarities and differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS? Which of the difference do you find the most interesting? If there is a convergence between U.S. GAAP and IFRS, would you choose the U.S. GAAP or IFRS method? Why? Also, discuss if you had any change of option since the discussion in Module 5.

sixty four percent of U.S. adults oppose hydraulic fracturing​ (fracking) as a means of increasing the production of natural gas and oil in the United States. You randomly select six U.S. adults. Find the probability that the number of U.S. adults who oppose fracking as a means of increasing the production of natural gas and oil in the United States is​ (a) exactly three​, ​(b) less than four​, and​ (c) at least three.

Many things have been used as money over time: cigarettes, gold, paper currency (like the U.S. dollar), etc. Describe the functions of money and consider the U.S. dollar as an example. Although the U.S. dollar has little or no intrinsic value, why do people want it so much? Can you think of other examples of things that act as “money” in our society? please type answer

Review the sections on international accounting (IFRS) (See pages 9, 10, 59, 184, 267, 339, 376, 431, 489, 556, 568, 571, 668, 701. Discuss the major similarities and differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. Which of the differences do you find most interesting? If there is a convergence between U.S. GAAP and IFRS, would you choose the U.S. GAAP or IFRS method? Why?

QUESTIONS 1-2 test your understanding of the causes and consequences of economic growth.

1. Is population growth good for idea generation? A Yes, population growth is good for idea generation. B No, population growth is bad for idea generation.

2. Are people in the U.S. better off when other countries grow rich? A Yes, people in the U.S. are better off. B No, people in the U.S. are worse off.

Suppose foreigners lose confidence in the U.S. economy and therefore move to decrease their investments in the United States. Also suppose that the U.S. currently runs a current account deficit.

True or False: The change in the interest earned by foreigners on these investments would decrease the current account deficit.

True

False

True or False: This decrease of foreign investments in the U.S. would decrease demand for dollars and cause the dollar to depreciate.

True

False