Consider a basket of consumer goods that costs $60 in the United States. The same basket of goods costs NOK 40 in Norway. Holding constant the cost of the basket in each country, compute the real exchange rates that would result from the two nominal exchange rates in the following table. Cost of Basket in U.S. (Dollars) 60 60 Cost of Basket in Norway (Kroner) 40 40 Nominal Exchange Rate (Kroner per dollar) 3.00 2.00 Real Exchange Rate (Baskets of Norwegian goods per basket of U.S. goods)

Consider a basket of consumer goods that costs $60 in the United States. The same basket of goods costs NOK 40 in Norway. Holding constant the cost of the basket in each country, compute the real exchange rates that would result from the two nominal exchange rates in the following table. Cost of Basket in U.S. (Dollars) 60 60 Cost of Basket in Norway (Kroner) 40 40 Nominal Exchange Rate (Kroner per dollar) 3.00 2.00 Real Exchange Rate (Baskets of Norwegian goods per basket of U.S. goods)

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