Reference no: EM131305633
1. How would a relatively high home inflation rate affect the home country's current account, other things being equal?
2. Is a negative current account harmful to a country? Discuss.
3. Explain why a stronger dollar could enlarge the US balance of trade deficit.
4. Explain why a weaker dollar could affect the US balance of trade deficit.
5. Explain how the following transaction generates two entries (a credit and a debit) in the U.S. balance of payments accounts, and describe how each entry would be classified:
A U.S. resident buys a typewriter from the Italian company and pays with a $300 check.
6. Suppose that the price elasticity of demand for exports is equal to -0.50 and the price elasticity of demand for imports is equal to -0.35. Explain whether the Marshall-Lerner condition (MLC) is satisfied or not satisfied, and then explain the implication of being satisfied or not satisfied on the current account position.
7. This question concerns the J-curve effect. In the figure below, explain the J-curve effect and whether or not the figure provides evidence supporting the J-curve effect.
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How would you identify best nut factor for your application
: How much torque would be required to tighten an ASTM A193 Gr. B16 bolt with a 31/4-8 thread to 60% of yield? Why does a wrench create a side load on the bolt being tightened?
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Describe the approaches to the sdlc
: Analyze each reason listed above as a reason for a diversity of approaches to software construction and modeling, and give your opinion on whether or not each reason is valid.Propose at least one (1) additional reason why you believe such diversit..
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What do we mean by the term torque reaction
: A right angle nut runner is used to produce 500 ft-lb of torque on a bolt having a 7/8 -9 UNC thread. The tool is 18 in. long. How much reaction force, created by the reaction torque, will the operator feel? Is this a practical situation?
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Estimate average length of firms short term operating cycle
: Assume net sales of $1,200,000 and cost of goods sold of $900,000. Determine the average investment in accounts receivable, inventories, and accounts payable. What would be the net financing need considering only these three accounts?
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Explain why a stronger dollar could enlarge the us balance
: How would a relatively high home inflation rate affect the home country's current account, other things being equal? Is a negative current account harmful to a country? Discuss. Explain why a stronger dollar could enlarge the US balance of trade defi..
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How much preload will that create in the bolt
: Is that an acceptable preload? Describe the typical torque-turn tightening process as described by an S-shaped torque- turn curve.
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What happens to a farmer when irrigation water dries up
: Explain the analogy relating irrigation flows to flows of funds in the financial system.- What happens to a farmer when irrigation water dries up?
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Describe turn-of-nut procedure used in structural steel work
: Describe the turn-of-nut procedure used in structural steel work ? Why does the structural steel turn-of-nut process create preload more accurately than does a torquing procedure?
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Difference between direct finance and indirect finance
: What is the difference between direct finance and indirect finance? Which involves financial intermediaries, and which involves financial markets?
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