Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781285859477
Author: William Boyes, Michael Melvin
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 21, Problem 10E
To determine
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When a country's currency appreciates, is this generally good news or bad news for a country's consumers? Is it generally good or bad news for the country's businesses? Explain your reasoning - try to use examples.
What are the three categories of transactions in the balance of payments? Give an example of each.
Using the concept of "carry trade," explain how a decrease in U.S. interest rates could affect the EUR/USD exchange rate. Given this change in exchange rate, how would firms and customers be affected?
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Supply and demand for currencies can be tricky, not least due to the confusing idea that what we are buying or selling is money itself!
Once you can wrap your mind around the idea that money is what is being obtained for other money, the next set of questions relates to what would or could make the price of one money change in terms of another.
To this effect, I'd recommend a primer from Investopedia: Six Factors That Influence Exchange Rates.
For your consideration in responding to this post, I suggest reading on how the Carry Trade has the capacity to magnify systemic risk.
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- If a country's currency is depreciating, will money supply grow SLOWER or FASTER than economic growth?arrow_forwardThe difference between the amount we spend to import products from other countries and the amount we make when we export products to other countries is called the balance of trade. Why would the balance of trade affect the value of the US dollar? Is it better to import more or to export more? Why?arrow_forward
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