International Economics Bonds: Operating exposure- the extent to which the firm’s operating cash flows would be affected by random changes in exchange rates. Operating exposure cannot be determined from accounting statements as transaction exposure. General Motors exports cars to Spain, but the strong dollar against the Euro hurts sales of GM cars in Spain. In […]
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HIGH-PERFORMANCE ASIAN ECONOMIES INT’L BUSINESS: Economic growth in Japan took off in the 1950s. Shortly after growth in 4 tigers-Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand-classified as newly industrialized countries. Asian Miracle: World Bank designated them high performance, as Econ (HPAE) newly industrializing haven’t quite caught up. Asia has variations in size,
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CZECH REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EUROPE – Czech Republic: Christmas time in the Czech Republic is different. Czechs celebrate with a Christmas carp! Slovakia had been part of the Moravian Empire, and then the Kingdom of Hungary before the formation of Czechoslovakia in 1918. The peaceful separation of Czechoslovakia into Slovakia and the Czech Republic happened in 1993.
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STAGES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Seattle Port The United Nations classifies a country’s stage of economic development on the basis of its level of industrialization: More-developed countries: industrialized countries with high per capita incomes. These countries include Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. Less-developed countries: industrially developing countries just entering world trade with relatively low per
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Transaction exposure arises from fixed-price contracting in a world where exchange rates are changing randomly. The magnitude of transaction exposure is the amount of foreign currency that is receivable or payable. Economic exposure is the extent to which the value of the firm would be affected by unanticipated changes in exchange rates. The firm’s value
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International finance in international economics Unemployment-What steps can be taken to ensure full employment in the economy open to trade? Savings-affects domestic employment and future levels of national wealth Trade Imbalances Exports rarely=imports Play roll in the distribution of wealth amongst countries and main channel through which one country’s macroeconomic policies affect its trading policies
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International Bond Market The world’s Bond Markets: A Statistical Perspective More domestic bonds than international bonds are denominated in the dollar and the yen while more international bonds than domestic bonds are denominated in the euro and the pound sterling Foreign Bonds and Eurobonds Foreign bonds-one offered by a freeing borrower to the investor in
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1. Calculate the following exchange rates: Euro to Swiss franc Euro to Japanese Yen Euro to British pound Swiss franc to Japanese Yen Exhibit 5.4 (p.117) Exchange Rates January 4, 2008 Country in US $ per US $ Euro 1.4744 .6783 Swiss franc .9036 1.1067 Japanese Yen .009220 108.46 British pound 1.9717 .5072 Ex. Japanese
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International economics stages development: 5 STAGES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1) Traditional society: most important economic demand associated with natural resources extraction 2) Preconditions for takeoff: manufacturing is beginning and primary needs will be related to infrastructure development 3) Takeoff: manufacturing of both semidurable and nondurable consumer goods has begun; goods demanded related to equipment and supplies to support manufacturing 4) Drive to
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