Class Time on Thursday‚ 7/18 1. | London | New York | Spot Exchange Rate ($/GBP) | 1.3264 | 1.3264 | Interest Rates | 3.900% | 4.500% | Expected Inflation Rates | 0.650% | 1.250% | a. What is the expected rate of inflation in London? iPC - iBC = PC - BC 4.500% - 3.900% =1.250% - BC PC = 0.650% b. Using Uncovered Interest Rate Parity‚ what is the value of the expected spot exchange rate in two years? E(ST) = S0 * [(1+i)/(1+i*)]T E(S2) = 1.3264 * [(1.045)/(1
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investigate how depreciation could affect the export sector in selected Asian countries. Theoretically‚ depreciation will bring positive impact on trade balance. However‚ it is only possible when the sum of the elasticities of demand for export commodities and demand for import goods is greater than unity. Accordingly‚ this study found no evidence for the effect of depreciation to improve trade balance of about 14 Asian economies. This was perhaps due to the fact that exports did not respond as expected
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relationship between exchange rates‚ interest rates • In this lecture we will learn how exchange rates accommodate equilibrium in financial markets. For this purpose we examine the relationship between interest rates and exchange rates. Interest rates are the return to holding interest-bearing financial assets. In the previous lecture we have pointed out that as being a financial asset exchange rates tend to adjust more quickly to new information that goods prices. Like exchange rates‚ interest rates are also the
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Factors That Influence Exchange Rates Aside from factors such as interest rates and inflation‚ the exchange rate is one of the most important determinants of a country’s relative level of economic health. Exchange rates play a vital role in a country’s level of trade‚ which is critical to most every free market economy in the world. For this reason‚ exchange rates are among the most watched‚ analyzed and governmentally manipulated economic measures. But exchange rates matter on a smaller scale
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1. We chose Japanese Yen as are benchmark exchange rate because Japan is part of the G-10 Countries with U.S. and one of the major economies in the world. Japan is also a Key U.S. Business Partner in importing and exporting goods and services. Through our findings we have developed our insight of the Japanese Yen being very volatile to the dollar. In the graph shown below‚ we can conclude that from 1995 till 1999 the Japanese yen was weaker against Dollar. The process has been repeated between the
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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
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12: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND EXCHANGE International trade - is the exchange of goods and services between countries. Export - A product that is sold to the global market Import - A product that is bought from the global market Comparative Advantage – a lower relative or comparative opportunity cost than that of another person‚ producer or country. Terms of Trade- the rate at which units of one product can be exchanged for units of another product. Foreign Exchange Market – a market at which
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ECON 305 Final Paper Ho Ming‚ Lo The Linked Exchange Rate System in Hong Kong On Nov 16‚ 2011‚ The IMF Staff Mission visited Hong Kong and showed endorsement on keeping the linked exchange rate in place (HKISD‚ 2011)‚ in spite of the voices of the abolition of the system‚ which causes adverse effects to the Hong Kong economy with monetary policies by the FED (Stephen‚ 2010). This system has been in function from the year 1983. It grants the HKD stability predictability and attracts foreign
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How is exchange rate determined. How important is the expected future exchange rate for exports and imports? 1. Introduction Exchange rate is the price of a currency expressed in another currency‚ it is one of the most important determinants of a country’s relative level of economic health. Exchange rate directly affects the prices of goods in foreign trade and foreign assets prices in the internal market‚ and indirectly the price of goods for the domestic market. A higher currency makes
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Determinants of Indian Exchange Rate Submitted To: Dr. S K Mathur Associate Professor of Economics Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Submitted By: Sharad Gupta (10666) Abstract This Paper attempts to find out the determinant of INR-USD exchange rate. We want to see the interdependence of Exchange rate on some variables like Inflation‚ Money Supply‚ Foreign Reserve‚ Fiscal Deficit and Stock market. This will also attempt to analyze
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