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1. Assume the US and the UK follow the gold standard and there is a fixed exchange rate between the US and UK as follows:

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1. Assume the US and the UK follow the gold standard and there is a fixed exchange rate between the US and UK as follows: US: will redeem US dollars and issue gold at rate of $100 per Troy ounce UK: will redeem UK pounds and issue gold at rate of 50 per Troy ounce US: will buy UK pounds and issue US dollars at rate of $2 = 1 UK: will buy US dollars and issue UK pounds at rate of 1E = $2 (a) If the \"street\" exchange rate is $2 per 1E, how much arbitrage profits can you make if you are a US investor with $100,000 to use in the transaction(s)? Explain (b) If the \"street\" exchange rate is $1.80 per 1E, how much arbitrage profits can you make if you are a US investor with $100,000 to use in the transaction(s) and you are only exploiting currencies (not gold)? Explain (c) If there is no \"street\" exchange of currencies but there is a \"street\" gold price of $100 per ounce in the US and SEE per ounce in the UK, what strategy would you take to arbitrage? Explain

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