The following table gives information about transactions on the Balance of Payments accounts of Country X denoted in U.S.D ($) Value ($) 55% of trade balance 400 Transaction Exports Income received from holding foreign assets Income paid to foreign residents from holding domestic assets Net transfers received Trade balance. Increase in foreign holdings of domestic assets Increase in domestic holdings of foreign assets 500 450 30% of the current account balance 200 300 The current account balance in Country X is $ (Round your answer to two decimal places.) The statistical discrepancy in the Balance of Payments accounts of Country X is% of the current account balance. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) Mr. Black is a British investor looking into two one-year maturity bonds, a U.S. bond, and a U.K. bond. Mr. Black is unconcerned about the risk factors and other costs related to the bonds and is only looking to maximize his expected rate of return. The interest rate on the U.K. bond (1) is 4% and the interest rate on the U.S. bond (/) is 6%. Suppose that the exchange rate is 1.35 dollars per pound in the current year. If there are no arbitrage possibilities between the two bonds, what should be the value of the expected nominal exchange rate (E+) for the next year? E₁+1= dollars per pound. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
The following table gives information about transactions on the Balance of Payments accounts of Country X denoted in U.S.D ($) Value ($) 55% of trade balance 400 Transaction Exports Income received from holding foreign assets Income paid to foreign residents from holding domestic assets Net transfers received Trade balance. Increase in foreign holdings of domestic assets Increase in domestic holdings of foreign assets 500 450 30% of the current account balance 200 300 The current account balance in Country X is $ (Round your answer to two decimal places.) The statistical discrepancy in the Balance of Payments accounts of Country X is% of the current account balance. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) Mr. Black is a British investor looking into two one-year maturity bonds, a U.S. bond, and a U.K. bond. Mr. Black is unconcerned about the risk factors and other costs related to the bonds and is only looking to maximize his expected rate of return. The interest rate on the U.K. bond (1) is 4% and the interest rate on the U.S. bond (/) is 6%. Suppose that the exchange rate is 1.35 dollars per pound in the current year. If there are no arbitrage possibilities between the two bonds, what should be the value of the expected nominal exchange rate (E+) for the next year? E₁+1= dollars per pound. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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Transcribed Image Text:The following table gives information about transactions on the Balance of Payments accounts of Country X denoted in U.S.D ($)
Value ($)
55% of trade balance
400
Transaction
Exports
Income received from holding foreign
assets
Income paid to foreign residents from
holding domestic assets
Net transfers received
Trade balance
Increase in foreign holdings of domestic
assets
Increase in domestic holdings of foreign
assets
500
450
30% of the current account balance
200
300
The current account balance in Country X is $
(Round your answer to two decimal places.)
The statistical discrepancy in the Balance of Payments accounts of Country X is% of the current account balance.
(Round your answer to two decimal places.)
Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes.
X
Mr. Black is a British investor looking into two one-year maturity bonds, a U.S. bond, and a U.K. bond. Mr. Black is unconcerned about the risk factors and other costs
related to the bonds and is only looking to maximize his expected rate of return. The interest rate on the U.K. bond (1) is 4% and the interest rate on the U.S. bond (/*) is
6%. Suppose that the exchange rate is 1.35 dollars per pound in the current year. If there are no arbitrage possibilities between the two bonds, what should be the
value of the expected nominal exchange rate (E+) for the next year?
E₁+1=
dollars per pound. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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