U City (Click on the o. icon to import the table into a spreadsheet.) Cheap Date in Exchange Exchange Rate Cheap Date in Relative Country Local Currency Rate Quote 7 April 2014 In USD to NYC Australia Sydney AUD 111.96 USD = 1 AUD 0.9290 104.01 112% Brazil Rio de Janeiro BRL 135.43 USD = 1 BRL 0.4363 Canada Ottawa CAD 78.33 USD = 1 CAD 0.9106 China Shanghai CNY 373.87 USD = 1 CNY 0.1619 France Paris EUR 75.57 USD = 1 EUR 1.3702 Germany Berlin EUR 76.49 USD = 1 EUR 1.3702 Hong Kong Hong Kong HKD 467.03 USD = 1 HKD 0.1289 India Mumbai INR 1,379.64 USD = 1 INR 0.0167 Indonesia Jakarta IDR 314,700 USD = 1 IDR 0.0001 Japan Tokyo JPY 10,269.07 USD = 1 JPY 0.0097 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur MYR 117.85 USD = 1 MYR 0.3048 Mexico Mexico City MXN 423.93 USD = 1 MXN 0.0769 New Zealand Auckland NZD 111.52 USD = 1 NZD 0.8595 Phillipines Manila PHP 1,182.88 USD = 1 PHP 0.0222 Russia Moscow RUB 2,451.24 USD = 1 RUB 0.0283 Singapore Singapore SGD 77.89 USD = 1 SGD 0.7939 South Africa Cape Town ZAR 388.58 USD = 1 ZAR 0.0946 United Kingdom London GBP 73.29 USD = 1 GBP 1.6566 United States New York City USD 93.20 1 USD 1.0000 93.20 100% United States San Francisco USD 88.72 1 USD 1.0000 Source: Data drawn from The Random Walk, Mapping the World's Prices 2014, Deutsche Bank Research, 09 May 2014, Figures 30 and 32, with author calculations. 'Relative to NYC' is calculated as = Cheap Date in USD/93.20. Note: The cheap date combines the local currency cost of a cab ride for two, two McDonald's hamburgers, two soft drinks, two movie tickets, and two beers. In 2013 Deutsche Bank had included sending a bouquet of roses in the date, but did not include that in the 2014 index, making the two years not directly comparable. a. Which city in the table is truly the cheapest date? b. Which city in the table is the most expensive-cheap date? c. If the exchange rate in Moscow on the Russian ruble (RUB) was USD0.0488 / RUB, instead of USD0.0283 / RUB, what would be the USD price? d. If the exchange rate in Shanghai was CNY6.51/USD, what would be its cost in USD and relative to a cheap date in New York City? U City (Click on the o. icon to import the table into a spreadsheet.) Cheap Date in Exchange Exchange Rate Cheap Date in Relative Country Local Currency Rate Quote 7 April 2014 In USD to NYC Australia Sydney AUD 111.96 USD = 1 AUD 0.9290 104.01 112% Brazil Rio de Janeiro BRL 135.43 USD = 1 BRL 0.4363 Canada Ottawa CAD 78.33 USD = 1 CAD 0.9106 China Shanghai CNY 373.87 USD = 1 CNY 0.1619 France Paris EUR 75.57 USD = 1 EUR 1.3702 Germany Berlin EUR 76.49 USD = 1 EUR 1.3702 Hong Kong Hong Kong HKD 467.03 USD = 1 HKD 0.1289 India Mumbai INR 1,379.64 USD = 1 INR 0.0167 Indonesia Jakarta IDR 314,700 USD = 1 IDR 0.0001 Japan Tokyo JPY 10,269.07 USD = 1 JPY 0.0097 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur MYR 117.85 USD = 1 MYR 0.3048 Mexico Mexico City MXN 423.93 USD = 1 MXN 0.0769 New Zealand Auckland NZD 111.52 USD = 1 NZD 0.8595 Phillipines Manila PHP 1,182.88 USD = 1 PHP 0.0222 Russia Moscow RUB 2,451.24 USD = 1 RUB 0.0283 Singapore Singapore SGD 77.89 USD = 1 SGD 0.7939 South Africa Cape Town ZAR 388.58 USD = 1 ZAR 0.0946 United Kingdom London GBP 73.29 USD = 1 GBP 1.6566 United States New York City USD 93.20 1 USD 1.0000 93.20 100% United States San Francisco USD 88.72 1 USD 1.0000 Source: Data drawn from The Random Walk, Mapping the World's Prices 2014, Deutsche Bank Research, 09 May 2014, Figures 30 and 32, with author calculations. 'Relative to NYC' is calculated as = Cheap Date in USD/93.20. Note: The cheap date combines the local currency cost of a cab ride for two, two McDonald's hamburgers, two soft drinks, two movie tickets, and two beers. In 2013 Deutsche Bank had included sending a bouquet of roses in the date, but did not include that in the 2014 index, making the two years not directly comparable. a. Which city in the table is truly the cheapest date? b. Which city in the table is the most expensive-cheap date? c. If the exchange rate in Moscow on the Russian ruble (RUB) was USD0.0488 / RUB, instead of USD0.0283 / RUB, what would be the USD price? d. If the exchange rate in Shanghai was CNY6.51/USD, what would be its cost in USD and relative to a cheap date in New York City
