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Exchange Rates
• H.J. Heinz’s annual report: “We were hurt by unexpected exchange rate changes.” What does this mean?
• Suppose the price elasticity of demand for catsup is 2.5.
• Suppose that Heinz sells catsup in the U.S. and U.K.
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Exchange Rates
• The exchange rate of pounds to dollars is .6.
• It takes .6 pounds to buy $1; or it takes $1.6 to buy 1 pound.
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Exchange Rates
• Now, what occurs if the exchange rate changes to $1.4 to 1 pound?
• Without anything else changing, the price of catsup in the U.K. rises.
• If the price was $2 per bottle in the U.S., it would be .6 x 2 = 1.2 pounds in the U.K.
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Exchange Rates
• At the new exchange rate, the $2 in the U.S. would be 1/1.4 x 2 = 1.44 pounds.
• Thus, the price has risen by .24 pounds without any changes on the part of Heinz.
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Reading the Exchange Rate Tables
Wall Street Journal: “currency trading”
Country U.S. $equiv.
Currency per U.S. $
Britain (pound) 1.6774 .5961
Germany(euro) .7936 1.26
Japan (yen) .0084 119
Turkey (lira) .00001169 25.290
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Reading the Exchange Rate Tables
• On this date, the U.K. pound was selling for $1.67. The same day, the U.S. dollar was selling for .59 pounds.
• If you know the price in U.S. dollars of a currency, you can find the price of the U.S. dollar in that currency by taking the reciprocal; 1.67 = 1/.59
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Types of Countries
• Less-developed countries (LDCs) have per-capita incomes of less than $610, and middle incomes of $611-$7619.
• High incomes exceed $7620.
• LDCs are often called “emerging markets”
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Per CapitaIncome
Ireland New Zealand Sisrael Spain Hong Kong Singapore Australia United Kingdom Italy Netherlands Canada Belgium Finland France Austria Germany United States Norway Denmark Sweden Japan Switzerland
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Canada
Japan
France
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Industrial Nations: % Change in RGDP
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“Let’s Globalize”
• What does this mean?
• Selling our product in other countries.
• Locating in other countries.
• Purchasing products or supplies from firms located in other countries.
• What is difference between “global” and “multi-domestic?”
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Functioning in a Global Economy
• What does this mean?
• It means that it is necessary to be concerned with the rest of the world -- with exchange rates in particular.
• How are exchange rates determined?
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Functioning in a Global Economy
$/Euro
Quantity of euros
D1
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$/Euro
Quantity of euros
D1
Functioning in a Global Economy
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$/Euro
Quantity of euros
D1
S
Functioning in a Global Economy
D2
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Exchange Rate Systems: Fixed vs. Flexible
What does this mean?
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$/Euro
Quantity of euros
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S
D2
Exchange Rate Systems: Fixed vs. Flexible
Fixed Exchange
rate
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Exchange Rate Systems: Fixed vs. Flexible
$/Euro
Quantity of euros
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S
D2
Fixed Exchange
rate
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Exchange Rate Systems: Fixed vs. Flexible
• If rates are fixed, then what are they fixed to? • Gold standard.
• The government’s decision.
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Exchange Rate Systems
• The exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Chinese currency, RMB, is fixed by the Chinese government at
• 8.3RMB = $1 where RMB represents the Chinese currency
• RMB = ____dollars?
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D1
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D2
Fixed Exchange
rate
Exchange Rate Systems
$/Y
Quantity of RMB
1/8.3
1/7
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S
D2
Fixed Exchange
rate
$/Y
Quantity of RMB
1/8.3
1/7
Too Low of a Value
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S
Fixed Exchange
rate
$/Y
Quantity of RMB
1/8.3
1/9
Too High of a Value
D1
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Demand
• Consider the demand for Motorola cellular phones in the U.S:
• The demand in each nation is converted to U.S. dollars.
• What does this mean?
• If the RMB/$ rate changes to 10RMB/$1 from the 8RMB/$1, then the demand for cellular phones (converted to dollars) will decline.
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Functioning in a Global Economy
Price in $
Quantity of cellular phones
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D1
D2
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Supply
• Consider the supply of Motorola Cellular phones in the U.S.
• The supply depends on the costs of producing phones in China.
• What does this mean?
• If the RMB/$ rate changes to 10RMB/$1 from the 8RMB/$1, then the costs to Motorola (converted to dollars) will decline.