ECON 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Exchange Rate, Price Level, Money Supply
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An economy with zero net exports is described below:
C | = 100 + 0.6 (Y 'T) |
I p | = 70 |
G | = 120 |
NX | = 0 |
T | = 150 |
The multiplier in this economy is 2.5. | |
A. Find short-run equilibrium output.
Instruction: Enter your response as an integer value.
Short-run equilibrium output: .
B. Economic recovery abroad increases the demand for the country's exports; as a result, NX rises to 80.
Instruction: Enter your response as an integer value.
Short-run equilibrium output (Click to select)decreases/ increases to ________ .
C. Assume that foreign economies are slowing, reducing the demand for the country's exports so that NX = -80. (A negative value of net exports means that exports are less than imports.)
Instruction: Enter your response as an integer value.
Short-run equilibrium output (Click to select)increases/decreases to ___________ .
D. Which of the following best describes the tendency of recessions and expansions to spread across countries?
1. Lower planned aggregate spending in one nation will reduce the amount of goods it exports abroad, thereby lowering the value of imports for its trading partners, which will reduce its short-term equilibrium output as well.
2. Lower planned aggregate spending abroad means that fewer goods will be exported from a specific nation, leaving more goods available for domestic consumption (C) in that nation, which will increase its short-term equilibrium output.
3. Lower planned aggregate spending abroad will reduce the amount of investment that flows into domestic industries from other countries, thereby reducing domestic short-term equilibrium output.
4. Lower planned aggregate spending in a nation means fewer imports of foreign goods, thereby reducing the short-term equilibrium output of its trading partners through lower net export (NX) values in those nations.
An open economy interacts with the rest of the world through its involvement in world markets for goods and services and world financial markets. Although it can often result in an imbalance in these markets, the following identity must remain true:
Net Capital OutflowNet Capital Outflow | = = | Net ExportsNet Exports |
In other words, if a transaction directly affects the left side of this equation, then it must also affect the right side. The following problem will help you understand why this identity must hold.
Suppose you are a software engineer living in the United States, and you just sold your latest product to a Russian consumer for RUB 7,000.
Determine the effects of this transaction on exports, imports, and net exports in the U.S. economy, and enter your results in the following table. If the direction of change is "No change," enter "0" in the Magnitude of Change column.
Hint: The magnitude of change should always be positive, regardless of the direction of change.
Direction of Change | Magnitude of Change | ||
---|---|---|---|
(Rubles) | |||
Exports |
| ||
Imports |
| ||
Net Exports | Increase/no change/decrease |
Because of the identity equation that relates to net exports, the in U.S. net exports is matched by in U.S. net capital outflow. Which of the following is an example of how the United States might be affected in this scenario? Check all that apply.
You store the rubles in your safety deposit box at home.
You purchase RUB 7,000 worth of stock in a Russian corporation.
You buy RUB 7,000 worth of Russian bonds.