Assignment title: Information
1. Both Boeing and Airbus price their aircraft in US dollars. ANA, Japan's largest airline, has ordered $16 billion in new aircraft split between Airbus and Boeing. Suppose the price for one Boeing model is $150 million. What is the current price for this aircraft in Japanese yen? Show the computation (hint: see Exhibit 14-2). There are many websites that show exchange rates, but here is one.
2. Just as with the price of a good, the price, or exchange rate, of a currency is determined by supply and demand. However, rather than using a traditional supply and demand analysis as shown in Marthinsen, currency traders often consider whether foreign funds will flow into or out of a country as a result of a particular economic circumstance. If foreigners wish to make domestic purchases or investments, foreign currency must first be exchanged for the domestic currency. Thus, foreign funds flowing into a country increase the demand for the domestic currency and it appreciates. Funds flowing out reverse this process leading to depreciation of the domestic currency. In the table, place an X to indicate whether each economic condition will cause foreign funds to flow in or out of the country and whether the domestic currency will appreciate or depreciate.