Department of Economics University of California‚ Berkeley Fall 2012 Econ 182 Solutions Problem Set 8 Problem 1. Exchange Rates and International Transmission a. Suppose that the US engages in a monetary expansion. Since exchange rate is pegged to the US dollar‚ country X’s monetary authorities are forced to expand their money supply as well (recall that i = i* under FixER). Interest rates fall in country X‚ output expands‚ and of course the exchange rate remains unchanged. On the AA-DD diagram
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PROBLEM SET 5: INTEREST RATES‚ AMORTIZING LOANS‚ BOND VALUATION‚ STOCK VALUATION 1. A typical credit card agreement quotes an interest rate of 18 percent APR. Monthly payments are required. What is the actual interest rate you pay on such a credit card? 2. After carefully going over your budget‚ you have determined you can afford to pay €632 per month toward a new sports car. You call up your local bank and find out that the going rate is 1 percent per month for 48 months. How much you can borrow
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Student Name: Grade: Problem Set 1-A For National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments Multiple Choice Questions (Please read all the choices) (Each question is 3 points) Mark the correct answer 1) Which one of the following statements is the most accurate? A) GNP plus depreciation is called net national product (NNP). B) GNP less depreciation is called net national product (NNP). C) GNP less depreciation is called net factor product (NFP). D)
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Econ 136: Financial Economics Problem Set #1 Due Date: September 11‚ 2014 1. The return profile and risk of the S&P 500. In this exercise you will reproduce the graphs presented in class. The goal of this exercise is (i) to expand your datahandling skills‚ (ii) test your understanding of basic probability concepts using real data and (iii) develop an appreciation for the use of replicating a result to ensure that you understand it. Go to Yahoo Finance (finance.yahoo.com) and search for the ticker
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Applications of Calculus” PROBLEM SET 1 [100 points] PART I As manager of a particular product line‚ you have data available for the past 11 sales periods. This data associates your product line’s units sold “x” and total PROFIT “P” results for these sales periods. Product Red03 Units [x] Profit [P] 10 20 100 130 190 240 300 320 380 430 500 -33986 -31792 -9200 790 21418 37728 54000 58208 65840 65050 50000 1 Section A: 1st Order Model 1. [4] Use Microsoft
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FIN532M: Financial Derivatives Problem Set 2 DUE DATE: Feb. 12‚ 2015 1. How can you differentiate the forward price from the value of a forward contract? (2 points) 2. Explain why an FRA can be viewed as an exchange of a floating rate of interest for a fixed rate of interest payments and how you can use FRA in mitigating risks. (4 points) 3. The standard deviation of monthly changes in the spot price of live cattle is 1.2 cents per pound. The standard deviation of monthly changes in the futures
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COST 1 Unit 6 Analysis 1: Memory Cost Brian Fuggle NT1110 07/23/13 ITT-Tech‚ Jacksonville‚ Florida MEMORY COST 2 Abstract This paper describes the decline in memory cost of both RAM and hard drive storage. Also‚ this paper will provide an opinion of when a 100 TB hard drive will become available and how much memory will be able to be purchased for $100 ten years from now. MEMORY COST 3 Memory Cost Back in 1981 an 18 MB hard drive would have cost around $2500. Today a 1 TB
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University of Toronto ECO333–Urban Economics Problem Set 2 Due: 24 October 2014 1. Question 2.1 from Brueckner (p. 250) (book available at http://go.utlib.ca/cat/8842730). 2. (a) Suppose the city fathers in a small Midwestern town‚ which was started over 100 years ago as a county seat‚ originally zoned all residential lot sizes in the town to be the same size. All work takes place either at the county seat building on the square in the middle of town or at shops adjacent to the square. Everyone drives
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Problem Set 1 Gmt 201 Autumn‚ 2010 1. Consider the markets for DVD movies‚ TV screens‚ and tickets at movie theaters. a. For each pair‚ identify whether they are complements or substitutes: • • • DVDs and TV screens DVDs and movie tickets TV screens and movie tickets b. Suppose a technological advance reduces the cost of manufacturing TV screens. Draw a diagram to show what happens in the market for TV screens. c. Draw two more diagrams to show how the change in the market for TV screens affects
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International Finance Problem Set #4 1. A. Fundamental-based Forecasting: Analyzing the future on the basis of fundamental relationships between economic variables and exchange rate. Fixed exchange rates: The forecasting is based on indicators of sustainability such as current account deficits or surpluses‚ relative inflation rates and black market exchange rates. Floating exchange rates: The forecasting is based on factors that could influence macro economy such as monetary policies and
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