ECON 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Dollar, Relative Price

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For most of the last 50 years canada ran a trade surplus: exports > imports. There has been a substantial trade deficit since 2009. Consumers have to choose how much to consume (versus how much to save) and how to split consumption between domestic and foreign goods. Nominal exchange rate: relative price of currencies. The nominal exchange rate (e) is the price of the foreign currency in terms of the domestic currency. 1 euro = 1. 47 cad or e= 1. 47. The exchange rate is a measure of relative prices. An appreciation of the domestic currency is an increase in the price of the domestic currency in terms of a foreign currency. A depreciation of the canadian dollar means the price of the canadian dollar in terms of american dollars goes down. There was an issue with (nominal gdp) Price of the foreign (us, or eurozone goods in term of domestic (ca) goods.

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6) Which of the following would be the most pessimistic with regard to the ability of the government to reduce unemployment by monetary of fiscal policy? a. Monetarists b. Keynesians c. rational expectations school d. Klingons e. supply-siders

7) Which of the following would tend to increase a country's imports?

a. an increase in the domestic rate of interest

b. an increase in the exchange rate ( i.e an increase in the price of foreign exchange)

c. an increase in domestic income

d. an increase in foreign prices

e. none of the above

8) Which of the following would decrease a country's exports ?

a. a decrease in the exchange rate( i.e a an decrease in the price of foreign exchange)

b. an increase in the domestic rate of interest

c. an increase in domestic price

d. an increase in domestic income

e. none of the above

9) Which of the following would indicate a conflict between the goals of full employment and balance of payments equilibrium ?

a. inflation and a balance of payments deficit

b. unemployment and a balance of payments surplus

c. unemployment and a balance of payments deficit

d. full employment and a balance of payments surplus

e. none of the above would indicate a conflict

10) Which of the following would result if the county's currency depreciated ? a. an increase in both imports and exports

b. a decrease in both imports and exports

c. an increase in imports and a decrease in exports

d. a decrease in imports and an increase in exports

e. a decrease in net capital inflows

11) Under the gold standard, if a nation had a balance of payments surplus, the difference would have been resolved by:

a. gold shipments from the surplus to the deficit country

b.gold shipments from the deficit to the surplus country

c. appreciation of the country's currency in the foreign exchange markets

d. depreciation of the country's currency in the foreign exchange markets

e. human sacrifices in the deficit country

12.Under a system of flexible exchange rates, if a nation had a balance of payments deficit, which of the following would occur ?

a. gold shipment from the surplus to the deficit country

b. gold shipments from the deficit to the surplus country

c. appreciation of the current in the foreign exchange markets

d. depreciation of the currency in the foreign exchange markets

e. the money supply increase

13. Depreciation of a country's currency would generally result in:

a. the aggregate demand curve shifting to the left

b. the aggregate demand curve shifting to the right

c. the aggregate supply curve shifting to the left

d. the aggregate supply curve shifting to the right.

e) both A and B

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1.Purchasing power parity implies that

a. the real exchange rate is equal to 1.

b. the law of one price does not hold.

c. inflation rates are equal across countries.

d. the real exchange rate is equal to 0.

e. if the domestic country has low prices, then the domestic currency will depreciate until foreign citizens can buy the same amount of goods as domestic citizens.

2.Which of the following is a prediction from the PPP model of exchange rates?

A. An increase in the US money supply leads to an appreciation of the dollar in the long run.

B. An increase in US production leads to a depreciation of the dollar.

C. An increase in US production will lead to a proportional increase in the inflation rate.

D, An increase in the US money supply leads to a depreciation of the dollar in the long run.

E.An increase in the US interest rates leads to a fall in prices.

3.Relative purchasing power parity predicts that

A.the difference between the inflation rates in the two countries should equal the ratio of the interest rates in the two countries.

B. the difference between the inflation rates in two countries should equal the per cent change in the exchange rate.

C.inflation rates should be equal across countries.

D.the real exchange rate should equal one.

E.relative price levels in the two countries should be equal when expressed in the same currency.

4.Which of the following is NOT a valid explanation for the failure of purchasing power parity?

a. Differences in monetary policies across countries

b. Lack of competition

c. Transportation costs

d. Trade barriers

5.If P represents (the level of) domestic prices, P* represents (the level of) foreign prices and E represents the exchange rate as units of domestic currency per units of foreign currency, then the real exchange rate equals

a. EP/P*	b. P*/EP
C. E/PP*	d. EP*/P
e. P/P*

6.The difference between nominal and real interest rates is that

A.Nominal interest rates are measured in terms of a country's output, while real interest rates are measured in monetary terms

B.Nominal interest rates are measured in monetary terms, while real interest rates are measured in terms of a country's output

C.Nominal interest rates can fluctuate, while real interest rates always remain fixed

D.Real interest rates can fluctuate, while nominal interest rates always remain fixed

E.Real interest rates are the same in every country, while nominal interest rates are different for every country

7.Which of the following is predicted to cause the value (or price or cost) of U.S. goods to appreciate relative to the value (or price or cost) of foreign goods in the long run?

a. An increase in the growth rate of U.S. GNP. b. A decrease in the growth rate of U.S. GNP.

c. A decline in the growth rate of the U.S. money supply.

d. An increase in the price of petroleum that reduces world demand for American cars. e. An appreciation of the dollar.

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Foreign exchange markets make it possible for trade to be enacted between countries without lengthy negotiations on trade terms. The exchange rate mechanism is a relatively stable process whereby different currencies can be exchanged in an orderly manner in conformity to the rules of currency exchange rates. Factors, such as the relative inflation and unemployment rates between the trading partners, affect the value of each country's currency in relation to the other countries' currency. The country with higher inflation and unemployment will have the lower valued currency.

(A.) Why is the foreign currency exchange market important to a business?

(B.) What is the benefit of the foreign currency exchange market to the U.S. company?

(C.) If the U.S. currency is decreasing versus other currencies of countries it trades with, how will that affect the U.S. company? If the reverse is true, how will that affect the US company?

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