Paf is a small country whose currency is the pif. Twenty years ago, the exchange rate with

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Paf is a small country whose currency is the pif. Twenty years ago, the exchange rate with the U.S. dollar was 2 pifs per dollar, and the inflation indexes were equal to 100 in both the United States and Paf. Now, the exchange rate is 0.9 pifs per dollar, and the inflation indexes are equal to 400 in the United States and 200 in Paf.
a. What should the current exchange rate be if PPP prevailed?
b. Is the pif over- or undervalued according to PPP?
Exchange Rate
The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...
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Global Investments

ISBN: 978-0321527707

6th edition

Authors: Bruno Solnik, Dennis McLeavey

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