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Exportsofservices
279
Importsofservices
210
Netunilateraltransfers
-49
Incomereceipts
284
Incomepayments
269
Statisticaldiscrepancy
11
2.
UsingthedatainQuestion1,calculatethecapitalaccountbalance.Isthecapitalaccountbalanceasurplusordeficit?
3.
Whatisabalance-of-paymentsequilibrium?
ConsideringyouranswerstoQuestions1and2,isthiscountryexperiencingabalance-of-paymentsdeficitofsurplus?
4.
UsingthedatainTable1-2,isthereabalance-of-paymentssurplusofdeficitfortheUnitedStatesin2003?
5.
Writeoutapositiveandnegativeaspectofanationbeinganetdebtor.Dothesamethingforanationthatisanetcreditor.
6.
Explainwhyanationmightdesiretoreceivebothportfolioinvestmentanddirectinvestmentfromabroad.
7.
Writeoutasingleequationshowingtherelationshipbetweenthecurrentaccountandnetcapitalinflows,includingchangesinofficialreservesandothergovernmentassets,astheyrelatetoinvestmentspendinganddomesticsaving.
8.
Supposeanationspends10percentofitsincomeoninvestmentandtheprivatesector5percent.Further,supposethenationalgovernmentrunsadeficitof1percent.UsingtheequationyouderivedforQuestion7andthesedata,explainwhattheaboveconditionsmeanforthenation’scapitalaccountandcurrentaccount.Howmighttheimbalancebecorrected?
Ch03
Listallofthevarioustypesofexchange-ratearrangementsdescribedinthischapter.(Hint:
therearesevendescribedinthischapter.)Orderthelistofexchange-ratearrangementsfromfixedtomostflexible.
DescribetwoprimaryfunctionsoftheInternationalMonetaryFund.
SupposethevalueoftheU.S.dollarispeggedtogoldatarateof$50perounce.NextsupposethatthevalueoftheBritishpoundispeggedtotheU.S.dollaratarateof$1.50perpound,andthevalueoftheCanadiandollarispeggedtotheU.S.dollaratarateof$1.38CanadiandollarsperU.S.dollars.CalculatethevalueoftheCanadiandollarandtheBritishpoundrelativetogold.
UsingtheinformationinProblem3,calculatetheexchangeratebetweentheCanadiandollarandtheBritishpound.
SupposeArgentinadecidestopegthevalueofitscurrency,thepeso,toabasketconsistingof0.50U.S.dollarsand0.50Euros.FurthersupposetheexchangeratebetweentheU.S.dollarandtheeurois1.10$/€.Ifthebasketconstitutesonepeso,whatistheappropriateexchangevaluebetweenthepesoandthedollar,andbetweenthepesoandtheeuro?
BasedontheinformationinProblem5,whatistheweightassignedtotheU.S.dollarinthecurrencybasket?
Whatistheweightassignedtotheeuro?
Explainthemaindifferencebetweentheexchange-ratesystemsoftheSmithsonianagreementandtheBrettonWoodssystem.Basedonthisdifference,whydoyouthinktheSmithsonianagreementwassoshortlived?
Whatistheprincipleresponsibilityofacurrencyboard?
Whatthreemainrestrictionsonacurrencyboardmakeitdifferentfromatypicalcentralbank?
9.
ExplainhowtheLouvreAccordrepresentedatypeofexchange-ratesystem.
10.
Whatfactorsdoyouthinkshouldbeconsideredwhendeterminingtherateofcrawlforacrawling-pegexchange-ratesystem?
11.
What,inyouropinion,isthechiefdifferencebetweenacurrency-boardsystemanddollarization?
Ch06
SupposethataJapanesebankhastotalassetsof¥
1,000million.Oftheseassets,80percentareloanstobusinesses,andtheremainderareholdingsofcashassetsandgovernmentsecurities.ThebankengagesinderivativestradingthatJapaneseregulatorsassignacreditequivalenceexposurevalueof¥
400million.Thebank’sequitycapitalamountsto¥
100million,andthebankhasnosubordinateddebt.Doesthisbankmeetcurrentcapitalrequirements?
InwhatwaysdothecurrentfunctionsandobjectivesoftheInternationalMonetaryFundandtheWorldBankoverlap?
Inwhatwaysdotheyhavedifferentfunctionsandpursuedifferentgoals?
Ch07
Explainthedifferencebetweendirectandindirectfinancing.Nextexplainwhyanationmightdesireastrongandstablesystemoffinancialintermediariesandarobustbondmarket.
Listthreebenefitsofportfoliocapitalandthreebenefitsofforeigndirectinvestment.Giveonenegativeaspectofeach.Explainwhyitisundesirabletorelyonportfoliocapitalonly.ExplainwhyitisundesirabletorelyonFDIonly.
Supposeanationhasapegged-exchange-ratesystemandyouarethenation’schiefcentralbanker.Constructasupplyanddemanddiagramofthespotexchangemarketforthedomesticcurrency.Explain,usingthediagram,howthecentralbankmustreacttoportfoliocappitalinflowsandoutflowssoastomaintainthecurrencypeg.
explainhowallowingforeignbankstoenterandcompeteinthedomesticfinancialsectormightimprovecapitalmarketallocations.Explainhow,ingeneral,competitionamongfinancialintermediariesisimportanttofinancialstability.
explainhowsaversandborrowersmightbenefitfromregulationofanation’sfinancialintermediaries.Doesregulationimposecosts?
Howdothesecostsaffectlong-runeconomicdevelopment?
supposeyouareapolicymakerinanemergingeconomy.Explainwhattypesofcapitalflowyouwouldtrytoencourage.Whatpolicyactionsmightyoutaketoencouragethesetypesofflows?
youarethefinanceministerofanemergingeconomy.Youhavetheresponsibilityofmaintaininganexchange-rateregimeinwhichthevalueofthedomesticcurrencyispeggedtothecurrencyofalargetradingpartner.Explainwhatpolicyactionsoroperationsyouwouldtaketomaintaintheexchange-rateregimeunderthefollowingcircumstances.
a.
thereisanincreasedinflowofshort-term(portfolio)capitalthatyoubelieveisonlytemporaryinnature.
b.
Thereisanincreasedinflowoflong-term(directinvestment)capitalthatyoubelievewillpersistforatleastafewyears.
someobservershaverespondedtoharshcriticismsofWorldBankpoliciesbyarguingthattheWorldBank’smembershavesaddleditwithconflictinggoals.DoyouagreethattheWorldBankconfrontsconflictingobjectives?
Ifnot,whynot?
Ifso,whichoftheallegedlyconflictinggoalsdoyouthinkshouldtakeprecedence?
constructatablewiththreecolumnsthatlistseachoftheviewsonthecausesofinternationalfinancialcrisesintheleft-handcolumn.Inthesecondcolumnofthetable,listatleastonepossiblefinancialcrisisindicatorcorrespondingtoeachviewthatmightbetrackedinanIMFearlywaningsystemforpredictingfinancialcrises.Inthethirdcolumn,proposehowtoevaluatewhethereachpotentialindicatoryouhaveproposedactuallyhelpspredictacrisis.Doesthisexercisehelpexplainwhyeconomistshaveahardtimeconstructingreliableearlywarningsystems?
Shouldmultinationalinstitutionslendfundsatinterestratesbelow,equivalentto,oraboveprivate-marketinterestrates?
Takeastand,andsupportyourposition.
Ch09
Writeoutaneuqtionrepresentingthemonetaryapproachtobalance-of-paymentsandexchangeratedetermination.Supposethatdomesticcrediteuqls$1000million,foreignexchangereservesequals$80million,themoneymultiplieris2,thefractionofnomialincomethatindividualsdesiretoholdinmoneybalancesis20percent,theforeignpricelevelis1.2,andthespotexchangevalueofthedomesticcurrencyis2.usingthisinformation,whatis:
themoneystockinthedomesticeconomy?
Thelevelofrealincomeofthedomesticeconomy?
UsingtheinformationinQuestion5,supposethedomesticmonetaryauthoritiedincreasedomesticcreditby$10millionthroughanopen-marketpurchaseofsecurities.
Underafixedexchange-rateregime,whatistheeffectofthisopen-markettrasactiononthenation’sbalanceofpayments?
Underflexibleexchangerates,allotherthingsconstant,whatisthenewexchangevalueofthedomesticcurrency?
Isthisanappreciationordepreciation?
Writeoutthewealthidentity.Usingthisidentity,explaintheimpactofacentralbankopen-marketsaleofbondsontheexchangevalueofthedomesticcurrency.Nowsupposethattheexchangerateispegged.Usingthewealthidentity,explaintheimpactoftheopen-marketoperationonthedomesticnation’sbalanceofpayments.
Illustratethespotexchangemarketforthedomesticcurrencyusingthesupplyanddemandframework.Explainandillustratetheeffectofacentralbankopen-marketsaleofbondsontheexchangevalueofthedomesticcurrency.
Writeoutawealthidentityforboththedomesticeconomyandtheforeigneconomy.Usingthisidentity,explaintheimpactofanopen-marketsaleofbondsbythecentralbankofthetheforeigneconomyontheexchangevaluebetweenthedomesticandforeigncurrencies.
Ch10
Refertothecircular-flowdiagraminFigure10-1(p.339),andidentifyflowsthatconstituteleakagesfromtheeconomy’soverallspendingflow.Nowidentifytheflowsthatarereinjectionsintotheoverallflowofexpenditures.Whatisdefinitionallytrueoftheseleakagesandreinjections?
Explain.
SupposethattheU.S.SGDPdeflatorisequaltooneandthattheU.S.nominalmoneystockisequalto$1.8trillion.Ifthedemandscheduleforrealmoneybalancesisgivenbythestraight-linefunction(measuredintril