The exchange rate and the labor market Suppose the domestic currency depreciates (i.e., E falls).

Assume that \(P\) and \(P^{*}\) remain constant.

a. How does the nominal depreciation affect the relative price of domestic goods (i.e., the real exchange rate)? Given your answer, what effect would a nominal depreciation likely have on (world) demand for domestic goods? on the domestic unemployment rate?

b. Given the foreign price level, \(P^{*}\), what is the price of foreign goods in terms of domestic currency? How does a nominal depreciation affect the price of foreign goods in terms of domestic currency? How does a nominal depreciation affect the domestic consumer price index? (Remember that domestic consumers buy foreign goods (imports) as well as domestic goods.)

c. If the nominal wage remains constant, how does a nominal depreciation affect the real wage?

d. Comment on the following statement. "A depreciating currency puts domestic labor on sale.”