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Global Economic Challenges
Nicolas Bo3an September 27, 2013 Email: nbo+an@luiss.it
Today
• Review:
– Exchange rates – GlobalizaGon of finance: Debts and Deficits – Government and InsGtuGons: Policies and Performance
• Problem solving throughout • Examples: mainly ArgenGna
IMF data
• www.imf.org • Data and StaGsGcs > World Economic Outlook Databases
Exchange rates: Fixed vs FloaGng
10 9
Argen5ne Pesos per US Dollar
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Exchange Rates
• Exchange rates affect an economy by:
– Changing internaGonal relaGve prices of goods – Changing internaGonal relaGve prices of assets
• What happened in ArgenGna a\er the 2001 crisis?
– Strong devaluaGon – Arg. good cheaper relaGve to world > Xports + – Arg. Bonds in pesos worth less
Exchange rate crisis
• Is when a country experiences a sudden and drama5c loss in the value of its currency relaGve to another currency. • This can cause a country to default on debt since foreign debt (eg. in dollars) is more expensive now in the local currency.
Q&A: Exchange rates
• Consider the choice between fixed vs floaGng exchange rate regime. Is a common currency more like a fixed or a floaGng exchange rate regime between...