Over the past year, China has experienced an inflation rate of about 22 , in contrast to U S inflation of about 3 At the same time, the exchange rate has gone from Y8 7 U S $1 to Y8 3 U S $1 a What has happened to the real value of the yuan over the past year Has it gone up or down A little or a lo...

a The real value of the yuan relative to its value one year ago has risen significantly Specifically in dollar terms the nominal exchange rate has app ...

Over the past year, China has experienced an inflation rate of about 22%, in contrast to U.S.

Question:

Over the past year, China has experienced an inflation rate of about 22%, in contrast to U.S. inflation of about 3%. At the same time, the has gone from Y8.7/U.S.$1 to Y8.3/U.S.$1.
a. What has happened to the real value of the yuan over the past year? Has it gone up or down? A little or a lot?
b. What are the likely effects of the change in the yuan's real value on the dollar profits of a multinational company such as Procter & Gamble that sells almost exclusively in the local market? What can it do to cope with these effects?
c. What are the likely effects of the change in the yuan's real value on the dollar profits of a textile manufacturer that exports most of its output to the United States? What can it do to cope with these effects?

Exchange Rate
The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...