Chapter 5 - Questions P6 -

Assume a financial system has a monetary base of $25 million. The required reserves ratio is 10 percent and there are no leakages in the system.

a. What is the size of the money multiplier?

b. What will be the system's money supply?

Question P7 -

Rework Problem 6 assuming the reserve ratio is 14 percent?

Chapter 6 - Questions P1 -

Exchange rate relationships between the US dollar and the euro have been quite volatile. When the euro began trading at the beginning of 1999, it was valued at 1.18 US dollars. By late 2000, aeuro was worth only $.82. However, by mid-2008, a value of a euro reached $1.55. Calculate the percentage changes in the value of a euro from its initial value to its late 2000 value and to its high mid-2008 value.

Question P6 -

If the US dollar value of a British Pound is $1.95 and a euro is $1.55, calculate the implied vallue of a euro in terms of a British Pound.

Question P9 -

Assume that last uear the Australian dollar was trading at $.5527, the Mexican peso at $.1102, and the United Kingdom (British) pound was worth $1.4233. By this yearthe US dollar value of an Australian dollar was $.7056, the Mexican peso was $.0867, and the British pound was $1.8203. Calculate the percentage appreciation or depreciation of each of these three currencies between last year and this year.