Question: Current Spot Rates.Use the table Dialog content starts The table below contains economic, financial, and business indicators from 2015: Forecasting the Pan-Pacific Pyramid: Australia, Japan,
Current Spot Rates.Use the table
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The table below contains economic, financial, and business indicators from 2015:
| Forecasting the Pan-Pacific Pyramid: Australia, Japan, and the United States |
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| Industrial | Unemployment | ||||||||||||||
| Gross Domestic Product | Production | Rate | |||||||||||||
| Forecast | Forecast | ||||||||||||||
| Country | Latest Qtr | Qtr | 2015e | 2016e | Recent Qtr | Latest | |||||||||
| Australia | 4.6 | % | 3.5 | % | 4.5 | % | 3.1 | % | 4.3 | % | 4.3 | % | |||
| Japan | 1.9 | % | -1.3 | % | 2.2 | % | 2.2 | % | 4.5 | % | 3.6 | % | |||
| United States | 2.3 | % | 3.8 | % | 2.2 | % | 2.1 | % | 1.9 | % | 4.5 | % | |||
| Consumer Prices | Interest Rates | ||||||||||||||
| Forecast | 3-month | 1-yr Govt | |||||||||||||
| Country | Year Ago | Latest | 2015e | Latest | Latest | ||||||||||
| Australia | 4.4 | % | 2.2 | % | 2.6 | % | 6.89 | % | 6.22 | % | |||||
| Japan | 0.9 | % | -0.3 | % | 0.0 | % | 0.74 | % | 1.61 | % | |||||
| United States | 2.1 | % | 2.5 | % | 3.1 | % | 4.98 | % | 4.54 | % | |||||
| Trade |
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| Balance | Current Account | Current Units (per US$) | |||||||||||||
| Last 12 mos | Last 12 mos | Forecast 15 | |||||||||||||
| Country | (billion $) | (billion $) | (% of GDP) | Oct 17th | Year Ago | ||||||||||
| Australia | -12.5 | -46.5 | -5.8 | % | 1.12 | 1.39 | |||||||||
| Japan | 98.8 | 197.1 | 4.5 | % | 118.00 | 119.00 | |||||||||
| United States | -810.6 | -793.7 | -5.4 | % | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Note: Unless otherwise noted, percentages are percentage changes over one year. Rec Qtr = recent quarter. Values for 2015e are estimates or forecasts. | |||||||||||||||
containing economic, financial, and business indicators to answer the following questions. What are the current spot exchange rates for the following currency exchanges?
a. Japanese yen/U.S. dollar exchange rate
b. Japanese yen/Australian dollar exchange rate
c. Australian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate
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Part 1
What are the current spot exchange rates for the following currency exchanges?
a. Japanese yen/U.S. dollar exchange rate
The Japanese yen/U.S. dollar exchange rate is _________?
enter your response here/$.
(Round to two decimal places.)
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