4. Before 12th August 2005, the US Dollar (USD) was trading at 8.20 Renminbi yuan per dollar (RMB, China’s official currency) in the financial market of China. After that date, the USD was trading at only 7.50 RMB yuan per dollar in China. (1) If you received $100 US dollars from your friend in New York in July 2005, hold it for half a year and finally exchange it for RMB in Chengdu in late January 2006, how much value in RMB would you lose? (2) What is the percentage change in the US Dollar’s value?

4. Before 12th August 2005, the US Dollar (USD) was trading at 8.20 Renminbi yuan per dollar (RMB, China’s official currency) in the financial market of China. After that date, the USD was trading at only 7.50 RMB yuan per dollar in China. (1) If you received $100 US dollars from your friend in New York in July 2005, hold it for half a year and finally exchange it for RMB in Chengdu in late January 2006, how much value in RMB would you lose? (2) What is the percentage change in the US Dollar’s value?

Principles of Economics 2e

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Chapter29: Exchange Rates And International Capital Flows

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