EXCHANGE RATES The exchange rate is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another country’s currency Quoted exchange rates can be either direct or indirect‚ Direct: home currency per unit of foreign currency 39 Rupees per US Dollars 80 Rupees per Pound Indirect: foreign currency per unit of home currency 0.0255102 US Dollar per Indian Rupee 0.491594 Pound per Indian Rupee Appreciation of Currency Currency Appreciation means that the given currency
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depreciates against the Japanese yen. The change in exchange rate a) Can have a significant economic consequences for U.S. firms. b) Can have a significant economic consequences for Japanese firms. c) Can have a significant economic consequences for both U.S. and Japanese firms. d) None of the above Answer: c) 2. Suppose the U.S. dollar substantially depreciates against the Japanese yen. The change in exchange rate a) Will tend to weaken the competitive position of import-competing
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Factors that affect exchange rates. Like any price‚ the exchange rate deviates from the cost basis - the purchasing power of currencies – under the influence of supply and demand of currency. The ratio of the supply and demand depends on several factors. It reflects connections with other economic categories - cost‚ price‚ money‚ interest‚ balance of payments‚ etc. There is a complex of interweaving and nomination of decisive factors. Among them are the following. • 1.The rate of inflation. The ratio
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a difference between the interest rates on AAA corporate bonds and U.S. Treasury notes? 3. Your father is about to retire. His firm has given him the option of retiring with a lump sum of $50‚000 in ten years or an annuity of $8‚000 for ten years. Which is worth more now‚ if the discount rate is (a) 6% (b) 19%? 4. Suppose you open a saving account with $1‚800 earned in a summer job. The account’s stated interest rate is 11%. Calculate effective annual rate (EAR) if interest is paid (a) semiannually
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heart rate to speed up‚ decrease‚ or stay the same‚ the volume of sound has a high effect on the heart. However‚ if people will let down the volume of sound‚ others would not be mannered by the increase in volume managing to the deadly heart attack. Sound within the community‚ for instance‚ traffic can cause a human’s heart rate of increase. Problem of heartbeat tends to be solved by seeing what kind of sound causes the increase of heart rates to place a termination to increase of heart rate. If
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CHAPTER 6 INTEREST RATES AND BOND VALUATION L E A R N I N G LG1 Describe interest rate fundamentals‚ the term structure of interest rates‚ and risk premiums. LG2 Review the legal aspects of bond financing and bond cost. LG3 LG4 Discuss the general features‚ quotations‚ ratings‚ popular types‚ and international issues of corporate bonds. LG5 LG6 G O A L S Apply the basic valuation model to bonds and describe the impact of required return and time to maturity
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The speed of chemical reactions – class experiment By Julia Shuker Year 10 science – Miss Phillips – Term 2 – 2013 – Julia Shuker Aim The aim of the experiment was to investigate the factors that increased or decreased the speed of chemical reactions between two different chemical reactions. Hypothesis If certain factors‚ such as concentration‚ temperature‚ catalyst and surface area are increased then the reaction rate will also increase due to the particles
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BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS OF EXCHANGE-RATE CHANGES BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS OF EXCHANGE-RATE CHANGES Market Decisions On the marketing side‚ exchange rates can affect demand for a company’s products at home and abroad. A country such as Mexico may force down the value of its currency if its exports become too expensive owing to relatively high inflation. Even though inflation would cause the peso value of the Mexican products to rise‚ the devaluation means that it takes less foreign currency to
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Chemistry 12: Reaction Kinetics Review 1. Looking at the expressions for reaction rate‚ write expressions with which you could express rates for the following reactions. (Hint: look at what happens to reactants and products.) Recall that solid or liquids can lose or gain mass‚ gases can lose or gain volume and aqueous solutions can increase or decrease in concentration. ("a" is done as an example.) a) Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) H2(g) + MgCl2(aq) reaction rate = mass of Mg consumed unit time b) c) or
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The purpose of this review paper is to discuss the effect of temperature on enzyme- catalyzed reactions. This is relevant because many diseases can be diagnosed and controlled by the processes of enzyme activity (Worthington 2015). If more information is not found about enzyme activity and how it is affected‚ many diseases may go undiagnosed and uncontrolled. Temperature is a type measurement that does not only consist of heat. It is the measurement of the mean kinetic energy of any group of particles
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