PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781260013900
Author: BREALEY
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 27, Problem 19PS
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Which would indicate that hyperinflation exists?
a. Sales on credit are at lower prices than cash sales.
b. Inflation is approaching or exceeds 20% per year.
c. Monetary items do not increase in value.
d. People prefer to keep their wealth in nonmonetary assets or a stable foreign currency.
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For some months now, the central bank has reduced the attention it pays to the levels ofinterest rates and has kept a close eye on expansion of the money supply. This policy change has made market interest rates more responsive to the high rate of inflation.
a. Why would this policy change have caused interest rates to become more responsive to the high rate of inflation?
b. Is this a good or a bad thing?
If a country is having its currency pegged to the U.S. dollar (hard peg), and the confidence in the domestic currency falls, sparking a capital outflow. What action would its central bank take to defend its fixed rate against the dollar?
Question 23 options:
It would build up its international reserve (selling the domestic currency)
It would dip into its international reserve (buying the domestic currency)
It would raise domestic interest rates
It would lower domestic interest rates
Chapter 27 Solutions
PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Ch. 27 - Exchange rates Look at Table 27.1. a. How many...Ch. 27 - Exchange rates Table 27.1 shows the 3-month...Ch. 27 - Prob. 3PSCh. 27 - Prob. 4PSCh. 27 - Prob. 5PSCh. 27 - Prob. 6PSCh. 27 - Prob. 8PSCh. 27 - Prob. 9PSCh. 27 - Prob. 10PSCh. 27 - Currency risk Companies may be affected by changes...
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