Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9780134735696
Author: PARKIN, Michael
Publisher: Pearson,
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Explain how the changes in the expected future exchange rate influence the demand for Country U’s dollar or the supply of Country U’s dollar, or both in the foreign exchange markets.

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Using data from The Economist's Big Mac Index for 2019, the following table shows the local currency price of a Big Mac in several countries as well as the actual exchange rate between each country and the United States. At the time of the data collection, a Big Mac would have cost you $5.74 in the United States and GBP 3.29 in the United Kingdom. The actual exchange rate between the British pound and the U.S. dollar was $1.25 per pound. The dollar price of a Big Mac purchased in the United Kingdom was, therefore, computed as follows: Dollar price of a Big Mac in the United KingdomDollar price of a Big Mac in the United Kingdom  =  =  GBP 3.29×$1.25GBP 1.00GBP 3.29×$1.25GBP 1.00    =  =  $4.11$4.11   For the price you paid for a Big Mac in the United States, you could have purchased a Big Mac in the United Kingdom and had some change left over for fries! Complete the final column of the table by computing the dollar price of a Big Mac for the countries where this amount is…
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