exchange rate. Costs include that higher chance of the economy blowing up in a costly currency collapse (Goldstein‚ 2002‚ p. 3)‚ an example of which is the managed float currencies during the Asian crisis. Question 2 Given the level of foreign investments in China and that their investments produce goods primarily for export‚ allowing the yuan to float freely vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies in the foreign exchange markets and to appreciate in value could mean a significant decrease
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Case study 2 China’s managed float Summary During the year 1994‚ China pegged its currency‚ Yuan to US dollar at an exchange rate of $1=8.28 Yuan. The exchange rate policy was implemented to prevent balance of payment crisis and US is considered as one of the most influential currency in the global market. By this method‚ China gain rapid economic growth and foreign capital inflows. The stable and lesser risk have attracted many foreign company to invest in china as they can plan and make decision
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was the U.S. deficit. The U.S dollars movement will effect the China’s economy either way. 2. Over the last decade‚ many foreign firms have invested in China and used their Chinese factories to produce goods for export. If the yuan is allowed to float freely against the U.S. dollar on the foreign exchange markets and appreciates in value‚ how might this affect the fortunes of those enterprises? If the yuan is allowed to float freely against the U.S. dollar on the foreign exchange markets
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Managing China’s Float Why do you think the Chinese government originally pegged the value of the Yuan against the U.S. dollar? What were the benefits of doing this for China? What were the costs? Over the last decade‚ many foreign firms have invested in China and used their Chinese factories to produce goods for export. If the Yuan is allowed to float freely against the U.S. dollar on the foreign exchange markets and appreciates in value‚ how might this affect the fortunes of those
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CHINA: TO FLOAT OR NOT TO FLOAT Question 1: What are the implications of China’s exchange rate policy on doing business with and “against” China? Figure 1. China’s exchange rate in government manipulation and expectation 2004-2009 The fact that China made two renminbi (RMB‚ also called yuan) revaluation in 2005 and 2010‚ but in the limit of case study‚ we may just focus on the first one as shown in Fig. 1. On July 21‚ 2005‚ China announced a 2.1 percent appreciation of the RMB against the
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CLOSING CASE FOR CHAPTER 4 WAL-MART’S CHINESE SUPPLIERS Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer. It built to dominance on the mantra of “everyday low prices”. The low price has required Wal-Mart to source many of the goods it sells from factories that operate at the low cost. Wal-Mart has an ethical supplier’s code of conduct. Amongst other things in the code of conduct are: 1. The supplier do not employ under wage labour 2. They must pay the labour at least the legal minimum wage for
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How is China’s exchange rate policy linked to its development strategy? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? Is the current exchange rate policy sustainable in the long run? China’s Policy is to attain a sustainable growth‚ by integrating more and more with world economy or in other words to become a rich economy‚ while generating employment to cater the growing workforce surplus in the country. It the current economic scenario exports
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The song ”Float On” by Modest Mouse has changed how I feel about my surroundings. It made me realize that I am just one small part in a bigger world. The piece begins with the line‚ “I backed my car into a cop car the other day. Well he just drove off sometimes life’s okay”. This line uses the listener’s previous knowledge of how cops react to accidents to show how sometimes people can surprise you. When people do the unexpected they can change your life for the better. It’s actually my favorite
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Closing case 7.2 1. Discuss McAfee’s handling of the update disaster. Should McAfee have done anything differently? If so‚ what? Support you answer. a. I think McAfee handled the situation very well but more could have been done to resolve the problem. It was a smart move for her to add postings about the updated disaster on the web and under the frequently asked questions section. Two days is a quick recovery time and big businesses were able to get back on track quickly. As for the
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China: To Float or Not To Float? International Finance Executive Summary On July 21‚ 2005‚ China revalued its decade-long quasi-fixed exchange rate of approximately 8.28 yuan per U.S. dollar by 2.1% to 8.11. Simultaneously‚ the People’s Bank of China announced that the daily trading band of 0.3% against the dollar would be maintained. Many analysts and economists believed that the real trade-weighted value of the renminbi was undervalued by up to 30% to 35%. Companies that produce in
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