Thursday, September 19, 2019
ECON 4131, International Finance, Spring 2002, Exam 1 :: UMN Minnesota Business Economics Finance
Midterm Exam International Finance April 8, 2002 Answer all questions in examination booklets 1. (10 points) Use the BOP accounts guide on the last page of this exam to indicate where each of the following transactions should be recorded in the U.S. balance of payments (e.g.: ââ¬Å"i3â⬠, ââ¬Å"e2â⬠, etc.). Bear in mind that each transaction should generate a capital account and a current account entry. a) The U.S. buys $1m. of lumber from Canada b) Japan buys $500K of fish from an Alaskan fishing outfit c) The U.S. contracts a Panamanian flagged vessel for shipping on the Mississippi d) Mexican migrant workers wire $2m. home for Cinco de Mayo celebrations e) A Panamanian flagged ship purchases a $100K insurance contract from a U.S. firm 2. (10 points) The nation of Pecunia had a current account deficit of $2 billion and a nonreserve capital account surplus of $900 million in 1998. a) What was the ââ¬Å"balance of paymentsâ⬠of Pecunia that year? What happened to the countryââ¬â¢s net foreign assets? b) Assume that the foreign central banks neither buy nor sell Pecunian assets. How did the Pecunian central bankââ¬â¢s foreign reserves change in 1998? How would this official intervention show up in the balance of payments accounts of Pecunia? c) How would your answer to (b) change if you learned that foreign central banks had purchased $1.2 billion of Pecunian assets in 1998? How would these official purchases enter the foreign balance of payments accounts? 3. (15 points) Derive (show your work) the following, and provide a brief explanation: a) Uncovered interest rate parity b) Covered interest rate parity 4. (10 points) Define ââ¬Å"neutrality of moneyâ⬠and discuss why money is thought to be ââ¬Å"neutralâ⬠in the long-run. 5. (10) Define ââ¬Å"Purchasing Power Parityâ⬠and discuss the reasons why it might or might not hold. 6. (15 points) In our formal model of exchange rate determination under ââ¬Å"sticky pricesâ⬠a) What do the two curves represent?
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