assets of country such as gold‚ foreign currencies‚ special drawing rights an reserve positions in the IMF. b) Discuss any two (2) methods a country can adopt to rectify the deficit in its deficit in its balance of payments. (4 marks) Two (2) methods a country can adopt to rectify the deficit in its balance of payments are:- i. Currency Depreciation Government should sell its currency in greater volume than the existing demand so the currency is much value. ii. Export and Import
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European currency have been compiled. For the success or failure of the single European currency much depends on the size of the effects described below. Do the gains from reduced transaction costs‚ the disappearance of exchange rate instability‚ and greater price transparency outweight the losses from the cost of introducing the new currency and possible macroeconomic adjustment costs? Judge for yourself: Arguments for a single European currency | Arguments against a single European currency | Transaction
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at an independent domestic branch. Accounting at the Head Office: The trial balance received by the Head Office from the foreign branch is in foreign currency. Therefore‚ before incorporating the items in the trial balance of the foreign branch‚ the Head Office is required to convert the various items in the trial balance into the currency of the Head Office. Thereafter‚ it has to incorporate the items in the Converted Branch Trial Balance in its books‚ prepare the Branch Trading and Profit and
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Topic: The effects on China’s economy due to fluctuation of exchange rate. 1. Introduction China’s economy is huge and expanding rapidly. In the last 30 years‚ the rate of Chinese economic growth has been almost miraculous‚ averaging 8 percent growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per annum. The economy has grown more than 10 times during that period‚ with Chinese GDP reaching 3.42 trillion US dollars in 2007. China already has the biggest economy after the United States and most analysts
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the demise of the Zimbabwean dollar. In 2008 in an 18-month ‘experiment’‚ foreign currency was accepted as legal tender for transactions with a set number of retailers. “Honorable Members will be aware that in the hyper-inflationary environment characterizing the economy at present‚ our people are now using multiple currencies for day to day business transactions‚ alongside the Zimbabwe dollar. These currencies include the South African Rand (ZAR)‚ United States Dollar (USD)‚ Botswana Pula (BWP)
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less profit and earn less money. Consequently‚ U.S companies will pay fewer dividends for investors who invest in these companies. So‚ investors will tend to invest in foreign securities where they can get higher dividend. On the other hand‚ a weak currency can reduce unemployment but maybe it can lead to high inflation‚ and simultaneously it may reduce U.S imports and boost U.S exports or buy more goods than it sells abroad (imports exceed exports). Another thing‚ in the long run‚ trade deficits may
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is a currency board system‚ which requires both the stock and flow of the monetary base to be fully backed by foreign reserves. It is the exchange rate system implemented in Hong Kong to stabilize the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) and the United States dollar (USD). This means that any change in the monetary base is fully matched by a corresponding change in foreign reserves at a fixed exchange rate. (1)(2) The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is Hong Kong ’s currency board
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ASB-1200 Business Study Skills Assignment 2: Individual Report (50%) This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective profitability of Austria. The data will be used to advise a US-based multinational company that manufactures and sells its products in a number of other countries. Methods of analysis will include the extensive analysis of valid secondary economic data‚ regarding economic indicators ranging from GDP to population size. Economic indicators are
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have currencies different from each others. It means that their values are not the same‚ and they change every time. So‚ firms have to take into account this problem‚ because it could no be easy at all. The aim of this essay is to understand the problem of exchange rate. In order to answer to this problematic‚ various topics will be analysed. First‚ the concept of exchange rate will be defined to understand well the topic‚ then a summary of the movements of the four most used currencies‚ Dollar
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Bretton Woods Conference The Background During the World War I and World War II the international monetary system is split into several competing currency blocs‚ the fierce trade war between the global recession and nation. In the post-World War II‚ at the end of World War II‚ the U.S. dollar has enjoyed a unique and powerful position in international trade and also because British and American governments for consideration of national interests‚ ideas and design of post-war international monetary
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