While they are conceptually simple, many economic factors go into the determination of exchange rates. And exchange rates inuence many of the prices you pay in the store, they inuence the number of jobs in the export sector of the economy and they even impact the price of a cup of coffee. Review the Powerpoint presentation: Exchange Rates Part III A' before continuing with the week's discussion. Now we are ready to examine how exchange rates are determined. Assignment Summary; a. Watch the above video and study the three Exchange Rate Powerpoint presentations; b. Go to the XRates Web site (http:/lxrates.com) and nd the current: a. exchange rate for the US Dollar (USD) and any other country's currency that you wish to study you can select the same country that you are using for your research project, (unless it is the Peoples' Republic of China). Do NOT select the Chinese Yuan as your other currency since it is not a freely oating currency; b. then from the icons below the currency selection boxes, select Graphs and then select 1 year; c. based on the 12 months of data, which currency is appreciating (gaining value) and which is depreciating (losing value)? Remember it can do both in a year. d. Now go to the CIA World Factbook and nd out what goods and products the countw you chose exports. c. Since most all of the goods that you buy are either imported or contain inputs from other countries, what do the trends' In the exchange rates you examined tell you about the prices you can expect to pay for goods imported from the country you choose or for products that use inputs from that county (i. e., the exports of your country)? In a global economy most products contain materials from other countries and that includes food. If you had orange juice today, it may well have come from Brazil. Your computer and your cell phone contain parts from America or Japan or Taiwan or Thailand or one of the European countries or from all of these places. Thus, exchange rates directly impact the prices you pay for goods. This is your chance to learn more about how that works. 5. On the discussion board, share your findings about whether the currency of the country you chose is appreciating or depreciating relative to the US Dollar. 0 What do you think this means for American imports from your country? 0 What do you think it means for American exports to your country? 0 Refer to at least two different concepts from this week's Chapters. Your illustration of the concepts MUST include an explanation why you think they are relevant to the week's topic using specific information from the articles, Powerpoint presentations, videos and other research that you have done. Remember to include citations and references as needed. MAKE SURE THAT YOU ADD SOMETHING NEW to the discussion. 6. Post on three different days for a minimum of three posts. Failure to meet these minimum posting requirements results in point loss. Include a word count on each post. All of your posts should sum to a minimum of 500 words. Each post submitted should be between 150 and 250 words. Keep them short, specific, and clear. Use paragraphs as appropriate Vew lengthy posts do not provide an incentive to be read. Remember to document all use of sources by using citations and references. These should be in APA format. Please review Plagiarism Powerpoints ( PLAGIARISMppj A' ) and be sure to provide references ( APAppj A' ), including URLs where appropriate, to all works that you cite. 0000 Now click on the "Week 4 DISCUSSION" title above to go to the discussion forum. You can start a new thread by clicking on the Create Thread button at the top. You can also respond to an existing post by clicking the Respond button at the bottom of the post