Question

In Ireland, a pint of beer costs 2.2 Irish pounds. In Australia, a point of beer costs 4 Australian dollars. If the nominal exchange rate is 2 Australian dollars per Irish pound, what is the real exchange rate from the Irish perspective?

Answer 1

Answer:

.91 pints of irish beer per pint of Australian beer

Explanation:

As we know that

The exchange rate of

1 AUD = 0.5 pound

Now

In Ireland, 1 beer cost = 2.2 pound

And, in Australia, 1 beer cost = 4 AUD

As 1 AUD = 0.5 pound

so 4 AUD is

= 0.5 × 4

= 2

Now the exchange rate is

= 4 AUD beer cost ÷ 1 beer cost in Ireland

= 2 ÷ 2.2

= 0.91

hence, the real exchange rate is 0.91