Exam 18: Open Economy Macroeconomics Basic Concepts: The Prices for International Transactions Real and Nominal Exchange Rates

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The price of a basket of goods and services in the U.S.is $600.In Canada the same basket of goods costs 700 Canadian dollars.If the nominal exchange rate were 1.2 Canadian dollars per U.S.dollar,what would be the real exchange rate?

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Good that cost one half dollar in the U.S.cost one euro in Germany,the real exchange rate would be computed as how many German goods per U.S.goods?

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If a bushel of wheat costs $6.40 in the United States,costs 40 pesos in Mexico,and the nominal exchange rate is 10 pesos per dollar,then the real exchange rate is

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Other things the same,if the exchange rate changes from 30 Thai bhat per dollar to 25 Thai bhat per dollar,then the dollar has

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In the United States,a three-pound can of coffee costs about $5.If the exchange rate is 0.8 euros per dollar and a three-pound can of coffee in Belgium costs 7 euros.What is the real exchange rate?

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In France a loaf of bread costs 3 euros.In Great Britain a loaf of bread costs 4 pounds.If the exchange rate is .9 pounds per euro,what is the real exchange rate?

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The nominal exchange rate is 30 Thai bhat for one U.S.dollar.A sub sandwich combo deal in the U.S.costs $6 dollars in the U.S.and 120 bhat in Thailand.The real exchange rate is

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Goods that cost one dollar in the U.S.cost one euro in France,the real exchange rate would be computed as how many French goods per U.S.goods?

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A particular brand of shampoo costs 6 Canadian dollars in Toronto.The nominal exchange rate is about 1.2 and the real exchange rate is .90.These numbers imply that the U.S.dollar price of the same shampoo is about

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If the number of Japanese yen a dollar buys falls,but neither country's price level changes,then the real exchange rate

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If you are vacationing in France and the dollar depreciates relative to the euro,then

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If the exchange rate is .70 euro per dollar,the price of an MP3 player in Paris is 150 euros and the price of an MP3 player in the U.S.is $150,then what is the real exchange rate?

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If the real exchange rate is 5/4 pounds of Chilean beef per pound of U.S.beef,a pound of U.S.beef costs $2 and the nominal exchange rate is 500 Chilean pesos per dollar,then Chilean beef costs

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The nominal exchange rate is 4 Saudi Arabian riyals,8 Moroccan dirham,60 Indian rupees,or .8 euros per U.S.dollar.A fast food breakfast costs $5 in the U.S. ,30 riyals in Saudi Arabia,40 Moroccan dirham in Morocco,250 Indian rupees in India,and 5 euros in France.According to these numbers,where is the real exchange rate between American and foreign goods the lowest?

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If the unit of foreign currency is the peso,in which case is the real exchange rate 1.2?

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If it took as many dollars to buy goods in the United States as it did to buy enough currency to buy the same goods in India,the real exchange rate would be computed as how many Indian goods per U.S.goods?

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