In the face of rising inflationary pressure in Hong Kong‚ some people have suggested that the Linked Exchange Rate system is the root cause of the situation and that the Hong Kong dollar should no longer be linked to the US dollar. The Financial Secretary already stated in his blog on 14 August that the Link continues to be the most appropriate exchange rate arrangement for Hong Kong. I will elaborate further on a few related issues. Many people who advocate un-pegging the Hong Kong dollar from
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Exchange Rate Determinants in Mogadishu in 2011 Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim SIMAD University ibrahimkhaliil@yahoo.com Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of the exchange rate this study was set to analyze the Exchange Rate determinates in Somalia in due to 2011. There are two factors that are assumed to have strong relations with exchange. Descriptive and regression analysis was used to draw up the satisfactory conclusion. SOS-1 and SOS-2 were determinants
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The three year zero rate is 7% per annum and the four year zero rate is 7.5% pa (both continuously compounded). What is the one year (continuously compounded) forward rate starting in three years’ time? (2 marks) With the formula with continuously compounded‚ = =0.09 =9% The one year forward rate starting in three years’ time is 9% 1. The zero rate curve is flat at 6% pa with semi-annual compounding. What is the value of a FRA where the holder receives interest at the rate of 8% per annum with
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International Financial Management Foreign Exchange Risk Analysis Assignment submitted by: CURRENCY EXPOSURE A currency exposure is any business operation whose profitability can be impacted by a currency exchange rate fluctuation. Currency exposures assume many forms: they can be assets or liabilities; current or committed; contracted or merely forecast; they can be for trade‚ investment or balance sheet purposes. Cases of currency exposure can emerge at any
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education facilities in the rurals‚poor health services in the rural areas‚to escape drought and diseases such as malaria‚to seek jobs and employment and to get better services like electricity and good water supply. There are several factors that lead to increased crime rate in urban areas such as rural urban migration as mention above‚poverty‚lack of jobs and employment opportunities‚high standards of living in urban areasincrease in slums in urban areas‚lack of inner morality in the people and lastly
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coming days or weeks. According to the fundamental analysis‚ the euro exchange rates are expected to depreciate in the long-run. Although there was a short uptrend during last week‚ which was driven by yields‚ the investors worry more about deflation and the euro’s resilience. What’s more‚ the ECB rates are highly expected to be cut after ECB’s policy meeting on Thursday. The market is expecting a 25bps reduction in the benchmark rate to 0.50% from the current 0.75%. During the last week‚ many weak
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relationship between exchange rates‚ interest rates • In this lecture we will learn how exchange rates accommodate equilibrium in financial markets. For this purpose we examine the relationship between interest rates and exchange rates. Interest rates are the return to holding interest-bearing financial assets. In the previous lecture we have pointed out that as being a financial asset exchange rates tend to adjust more quickly to new information that goods prices. Like exchange rates‚ interest rates are also the
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addition‚ the report would like to examine the factors that lead into the US-China trading problems. Therefore‚ first section in the report discusses the background of US-China trading. The next section explains the dynamics of exchange rate mechanism works and how it set upon. Then‚ fourth section elaborates the factors that lead to distortions in trade between two countries due to unfair trade. The fifth section clarifies about China’s exchange rate policy and its impact on the global financial
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THE EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE IN INFLATION OUTPUT AND THE CURRENT ACCOUNT ABSTRACT The empirical studies on the effects of changes in exchange rates on inflation and real activity can be broadly divided into four categories: Single-equation econometric methods‚ Vector autoregressive (VAR) models‚ Structural macro econometric models and DSGE models - Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium. Methodologies: First‚ most participants use single-equation econometric methods that estimate
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Exchange rates have a seemingly direct effect on the price of imports and exports. The concept of the pass-through effect relates to the degree by which a currency fluctuates and the impact this has on import and export prices in the market. Exchange rate pass-through refers to the percent change in the exchange rate between the exporting and importing countries. The degree to which different currencies fluctuate against each other and against various imports and exports is an entirely different
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