Question 1

Last year a country purchased $1.5 trillion worth of goods and services from foreign countries, sold $2 trillion worth of goods and services to foreign countries and had national saving of $1.25 trillion. What was the value of its domestic investment? Show your work.

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Question 2

Last year a country had $700 billion of saving and $900 of investment. What was its net capital outflow? How is it possible for a country to have investment that exceeds saving?

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Question 3

A dozen eggs cost $2 in the U.S. and 12 pesos in Argentina. If the real exchange rate is 5/6, what is the nominal exchange rate? Show your work.

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Question 4

A farm equipment retailer in Azerbaijan exchanges Azerbaijan manats (the currency of Azerbaijan) for $300,000 a bank in Azerbaijan was holding. It uses the $300,000 to buy farm equipment from a U.S. company. The U.S. company deposits half of these funds in a U.S. bank and exchanges the other half for euros from a bank in London.
As a result of these transactions, by how much, if at all, and in which direction did:
A. U.S. net exports change?
B. U.S. net capital outflow change?

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Question 5

A country recently had saving of 300 billion euros and domestic investment of 200 billion euros. What was the value of this country's net exports? Explain how you found your answer.

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Question 6

A country recently had GDP of $1,200 billion. Its consumption expenditures were $700 billion, its government spent $200 billion, and it had domestic investment of $175 billion. What was the value of this country's net capital outflow? Show your work.

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Question 7

Last year a country had $700 billion of saving and $900 of investment. This year it had $1000 billion of saving and $800 billion of investment. By how much did net capital outflow change? By how much did net exports change? How is it possible for a country to have saving that is greater than investment?

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Question 8

A country recently had a GDP of $1000 billion. Its consumption expenditures were $650 billion, its government spent $250 billion, and it had domestic investment of $150 billion. What was the value of this country's net capital outflow? Explain how you found your answer.

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Question 9

Last year country A's residents purchased $700 billion of goods and services from and sold $500 billion of goods and services to residents of foreign countries. Its domestic investment was $1,100. What was country A's saving? Show your work.

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Question 10

While vacationing in Italy, you see an interesting meal on a menu. The price is 24 euros.
A. If the exchange rate is .80 euros per dollar, how many dollars would you have to give up to buy the meal?
B. If the dollar appreciated against the euro, but the price of the meal remained 24 euro, would the meal cost more or fewer dollars? Explain.

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Question 11

A country recently had $800 billion worth of domestic investment and its residents purchased $400 billion worth of foreign assets. If foreigners purchased $100 billion of this country's assets, what was this country's saving? Explain how your found your answer.

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Question 12

While vacationing in Turkey you see a rug you consider purchasing. The seller tells you the rug costs 1,200 Turkish lire.
A. If the exchange rate is .60 lira per dollar, how many dollars does the rug cost?
B. If the dollar depreciates against the lira, will it take more or fewer dollars to buy the rug? Explain.

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Question 13

A country recently had saving of 250 billion euro and domestic investment of 400 billion euro. What was the value of this country's net exports? Show your work.

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Question 14

A certain cell phone sells for 2400 yuan in China and for $300 in the U.S. The nominal exchange rate is 6.5 yuan per dollar.
A. Find the real exchange rate. Show your work.
B. In terms of dollars where is the cell phone cheaper?

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Question 15

If a nation produces less than it spends what do we know about:
A. its net exports?
B. its net capital outflow?
C. its saving in relation to its domestic investment?

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Question 16

While on vacation in Europe you notice that a tablet computer is selling for 600 euros in France and for 533 pounds in Britain. You also know that the exchange rates are .75 euros per dollar and .65 British pounds per dollar. Where is the number of dollars you would pay for the tablet lower? How many dollars would you have to pay to buy it there?

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Question 17

While vacationing in Agra, India, the price of one night's stay at your hotel room rises from 6600 rupees to 7200 rupees. If the exchange rate was previously 55 rupees per dollar, what would the exchange rate need to be now in order for the number of dollars you pay for your room to remain the same? Does this imply the rupee depreciated or appreciated against the dollar?

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Question 18

Last year residents of country A purchased $400 billion of foreign assets and $200 of foreign goods. Foreigners purchased $300 billion dollars of country A's assets. What was the value of country A's exports?

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Question 19

If a nation produces more than it spends what do we know about:
A. its net exports?
B. its net capital outflow?
C. its saving in relation to its domestic investment?

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Question 20

While on a study abroad program you see a McDonald's in Paris. A combo meal costs 8 euros. The same meal costs $6 in the U.S. and the exchange rate is .75 euros per dollar.
A. Find the real exchange rate. Show your work.
B. In terms of dollars where is the combo meal cheaper?

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Quiz 31: Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts