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问题如下:
Fap is a small country whose currency is the Fip. Three years ago, the exchange rate was considered to be reflecting purchasing power parity (PPP). Since then, the country’s inflation has exceeded inflation in the other countries by about 5% per annum. The Fip exchange rate, however, remained broadly unchanged.
What would you have expected the Fip exchange rate to show if PPP prevailed? Are Fips over or undervalued, according to PPP?
解释:
According to PPP, to offset the effect of the higher inflation in Fap, the Fip should have depreciated against the other currencies by approximately the difference between Fap inflation and that in the other countries. According to PPP, Fip is overvalued.
解析:根据购买力平价理论,为了抵消Fap中较高的通货膨胀的影响,Fip应该对其他货币贬值大约是Fap通货膨胀与其他国家之间的差额。根据购买力平价理论,Fip被高估了。
我们知道F国通胀是I(F)-I(他国)=5%,如果计算十年的影响,我可以用(1+5%)^10-1来计算他国的升值情况,然后再倒算出F国贬值多少。但是我为什么不能直接用I(他国)-I(F)=-5%,然后(1-5%)^10-1这样去算F国的贬值情况?我想结合老师上课那四个例题中的第一个例题来想这个问题,不知道我的理解对不对