Question: I am would like to get some help for the last question but I had to add the table in order to understand what it

I am would like to get some help for the last question but I had to add the table in order to understand what it is asking.

Use the below table to answer the following questions:

Country Exchange rate per dollar Price in local currency
South Africa (rand) 8 3,500
Brazil (real) 2.2 1,200
India (rupee) 45 18,000
Mexico (peso) 10 6,000

  1. Suppose a computer costs $500 in the United States. Assume Brazil is home.Looking at the actual prices, does the PPP hold between U.S. and Brazil?If PPP were to hold atthe nominal exchange rate provided, what would be the price of a computer in Brazil?

  1. Suppose a computer costs $500 in the United States. Assume the U.S. is home. With the price of the computer given in local currency in India, is the Indian rupee overvalued or undervalued? By how much (in percent)?

Country

Exchange Rate

Money Growth

Real Income Growth

United States

4%

2.5%

Mexico

0.25 $/peso

6%

5%

UK

1.5 $/GBP

2%

2%

France

1.2 $/euro

7%

4.5%

  1. [4 points each]Use the table above and the long-run exchange rate determination model.
    1. If you were to predict the future $ per euro exchange rate, what would the expected exchange rate be?
    2. If the Federal Reserve wants the dollar to depreciate against the euro in the long run, what monetary policy should they implement to ensure that?

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