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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...