Exchange Rate using purchasing power parity (PPP)
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Suppose a market basket of goods costs $2000 in the United States and the exact same basket of goods costs Euro ?1500 in Germany.
a) What is the purchasing power parity exchange rate?
1$=______? Ans. Show work here:
Suppose the actual exchange rate was $1 = ?1 even though the price of the same basket is indicated above..
b) What would one expect the dollar and the euro to do over a period of time? (state up, down, stay same for each reflecting relative value change)
$_______ Euro______
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The expert calculates exchange rates using purchasing power parity (PPP).
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Suppose a market basket of goods costs $2000 in the United States and the exact same basket of goods costs Euro ?1500 in Germany.
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