Macroeconomics
21st Edition
ISBN: 9781259915673
Author: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Comparison of Bretton woods system with the gold standard.
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Assume that the U.S. interest rate is 12 percent, while the British interest rate is 15 percent. If interest rate parity exists, then: O a.U.S. investors will earn 12 percent whether they use covered interest arbitrage or invest in the United States. O b. U.S. investors will earn a higher rate of return when using covered interest arbitrage than what they would earn in the United States. O c. British investors who invest in the United Kingdom will achieve the same return as U.S. investors who invest in the United States. O d. U.S. investors will earn 15 percent whether they use covered interest arbitrage or invest in the United States.
The current exchange rate is £1.00 = $2.00. Compute the correct balances in Bank A's correspondent account(s) with Bank B if a currency trader employed at Bank A buys £45,000 from a currency trader at Bank B for $90,000 using its
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