Q3. Home’s currency, the peso, currently trades at an exchange rate of 1 peso per dollar. Home has external assets of 320 billion pesos, 100% of which are denominated in dollars. It has external liabilities of 800 billion pesos, 90% of which are denominated in dollars. Is Home a net creditor or debtor? What is Home’s external wealth measured in pesos? What is Home’s net position in dollar-denominated assets, measured in pesos? And what is it measured in US dollars? If the pesos depreciate to 1.2 pesos per dollar, what is the change in Home’s external wealth in pesos?

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Q3. Home’s currency, the peso, currently trades at an exchange rate of 1 peso per dollar. Home has external assets of 320 billion pesos, 100% of which are denominated in dollars. It has external liabilities of 800 billion pesos, 90% of which are denominated in dollars.

  1. Is Home a net creditor or debtor? What is Home’s external wealth measured in pesos?

  2. What is Home’s net position in dollar-denominated assets, measured in pesos? And what

    is it measured in US dollars?

  3. If the pesos depreciate to 1.2 pesos per dollar, what is the change in Home’s external

    wealth in pesos?

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