You have recently been hired as an analyst for an international financial company. Your senior manager has asked you to look at an article: Bruno, V. and Shin, H.S. (2021), ‘Dollars and exports: The effects of currency strength on international trade’. You can access a copy at https://voxeu.org/ article/ effects-currency-strength-international-trade Your senior manager has asked you to write a report on this article. The company is currently working on a project to better understand the effects of currency strength on international trade. Your senior manager has indicated that your report will be shared with the whole team and has asked you to cover the following questions in your report:

a.What is the main aim of the article?

b.How do the authors seek to achieve this aim?

c.How do the authors enhance previous research?

d.What is the basic point of the article?

e.Provide the team with a brief critical assessment of the article. Your firm relies quite heavily on US dollar short-term wholesale funding. The management team thinks the dollar will appreciate further. What would be your response? How would you advise the team to act in such a scenario?

f.Quality of report, tidiness of presentation, clarity of expression and correctness of referencing will be rewarded up to.