Answer: a) 1
b) yes marginal rate of substitution is less than the relative price
c) 2.00
Explanation:
a) Raul’s marginal rate of substitution is 1 because he is only willing to trade 1 cal card for 1 additional Nolan card
b) Raul’s marginal rate of substitution is Mc/Mn = 1 However, the relative price of a Cal Ripken card is Pc/Pn = $24/$12 = 2.00. Since the marginal rate of substitution is less than the relative price, Raul can make himself better off by selling 1 Cal card and buying Nolan cards.
c) His marginal rate of substitution must be equal to the relative price; the relative price rule holds that says that Mc/Mn = Pc/Pn. From b above we know that the relative price is 2.00, Raul's marginal rate of substitution must also be 2.00.
Scenario 2 would be correct
<span>The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the the change in consumption divided by change in income. Where change in in consumption = $50B and change in income = $200B. So we have 50/200 =1/4 = 0.25. So the MPC is $250M</span>
Answer:
a. The Fed intervened in the foreign exchange market and sold dollars.
When the Fed intervenes and supplies dollars in the foreign exchange market, the amount of dollars in the market will rise and the law of supply and demand concludes that when the supply of something increases relative to its demand, it will lose value. The US$ will therefore lose value.
c. People began to expect that the U.S. dollar would depreciate.
If people expect the US$ to depreciate, they will take action to protect themselves from this depreciation by selling off their dollar assets for instance. This would lead to excess dollars in the market which would then lead to the US$ depreciating as explained above.
Answer:
2.95% and 2.87%
Explanation:
The computation of the approximate real rate and the estimated real interest rate is shown below:
The Approximate real rate is
= Historic annual nominal risk free rate - Annual inflation rate
= 5.71% - 2.76%
= 2.95%
And, the estimated real interest rate is
= (1 + historical annual nominal risk free rate) ÷ (1 + annual inflation rate) - 1
= (1 + 0.0571) ÷ (1 + 0.0276) - 1
= 2.87%
We simply applied the above formulas so that each one could be determined
