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(UIP) You are in discussion with a forex trader.
a. She reveals that she made a 10% annual rate of return last year. Based on these data, can we say that the forex market in question violates the efficient

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What is a peso problem? In the case of fixed exchange rates, explain how peso problems can account for persistent interest rate differentials. Study the U.S.–Britain short-term (end-of-month) nominal interest rate differentials shown below for the year 1896 (NBER series

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Richland and Poorland each have two industries, traded TVs and nontraded house maintenance. The world price of TVs is RL$100 (R$ = Richland dollar). Assume for now that the is R$1 = 1 PP (PP = Poorland

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Suppose that a country’s money supply is $1,200 million and its domestic credit is equal to $800 million in the year 2005. The country maintains a fixed the central bank monetizes any government budget deficit, and prices

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Consider the central bank for the country of Riqueza. Riqueza currently has $1,800 million escudos in its money supply, $1,100 million of which is backed by domestic government bonds; the rest is backed by foreign exchange reserves.

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You are the economic advisor to Sir Bufton Tufton, the Prime Minister of Perfidia. The Bank of Perfidia is pegging the of the local currency, the Perfidian albion. The albion is pegged to the wotan, which is

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Home’s currency is the peso and trades at 1 peso per dollar. Home has external assets of $200 billion, all of which are denominated in dollars. It has external liabilities of $400 billion, 75% of which are denominated in dollars.
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Use the symmetry-integration diagram as in Figure 8-4 (19-4) to explore the evolution of international monetary regimes from 1870 to 1939—that is, during the rise and fall of the gold standard. See the following diagram.
a. From 1870 to

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Assume that initially the IS curve is given by
IS1: Y = 12 – 1.5T – 30i + 2G
and that the price level P is 1, and the LM curve is given by
LM1: M =

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This question explores IS and FX equilibria in a numerical example.
a. The consumption function is C = 1.5 + 0.75(Y – T). What is the marginal propensity to consume MPC? What is the marginal propensity to save MPS?
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