Suppose that if you purchase a big Mac in Coral Springs, FL in the US, it will cost you $3.95. On the other hand, if you purchase the same big Mac in Florianopolis in southern Brazil, it will cost you 18.85 Brazilian real. The current exchange rate is $1 US buys 5.60 real. In this case, according to the law of one price, the exchange rate should be that $1 US buys real, and hence, over time we predit that the US dollar should -- . 5.95; appreciate O 5.95; depreciate 4.77; appreciate o 4.77; depreciate

Suppose that if you purchase a big Mac in Coral Springs, FL in the US, it will cost you $3.95. On the other hand, if you purchase the same big Mac in Florianopolis in southern Brazil, it will cost you 18.85 Brazilian real. The current exchange rate is $1 US buys 5.60 real. In this case, according to the law of one price, the exchange rate should be that $1 US buys real, and hence, over time we predit that the US dollar should -- . 5.95; appreciate O 5.95; depreciate 4.77; appreciate o 4.77; depreciate

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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