Question

Suppose one U.S. dollar can purchase a half pound of strawberries in the United States. After converting dollar to pesos, one U.S. dollar can now purchase a full pound of strawberries in Mexico. These values represe:_________.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is:

a real exchange rate

Explanation:

The last word in the question seems to be incomplete, I am assuming that the intended word is "represent".

Real Exchange Rate (RER), also known as Real Effective Exchange Rates (REER) is an exchange rate that compares the relative price of the two countries' consumption baskets (what the average consumer buys and its price indicates how much consumers pay for it). It gives information beyond the nominal exchange rate or the relative prices of two currencies. In this example, the RER between the U.S dollar and the Mexican Pesos is used to determine what the U.S. dollar can buy in Mexico, as compared to what that same amount can buy in the U.S. This helps to tell us if a currency is undervalued or overvalued.