International Economy Relationship
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. Of great significance in the decision by a country to peg or float its foreign currency exchange rate is the relationship of that country to the international economy. If a country is not heavily dependent on the international economy in the context of either imports or exports, then that country could afford to consider pegging the foreign exchange rate of its currency. When imported goods are not a major factor in a country's economy, that country need have little fear of the transmission of price inflation from the international economy into its domestic economy. Further, when exports are not a major factor in a country's economy, that country does not need to worry about the effects of price inflation in its own economy on its export trade.Under a floating exchange rate system, the international transmission of inflation is typically more difficult than under a fixed exchange rate system. When prices are raised in one country, the demand for that country's exports will, other factors remaining unchanged, diminish and, along with that diminishing demand, the demand for that country's currency will also diminish. As the demand for the currency diminishes, the international exchange value of the currency will also diminish. When the international exchange value of the currency has diminished sufficiently, the demand for the country's exports will then increase; however, the decreased value of the currency will prevent a transfer of the higher prices to the importi
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ce of trade deficit would cause the country's balance of payments to slip into a deficit position. 4. Longterm equilibrium rates for freely floating currencies are based on an interaction of price and quantity effects. In exchange rate equilibrium is to be achieved, the quantity effect must more than offset the price effect. Thus, the percentage reduction in the quantity of good purchased, as an example, must exceed the percentage of currency appreciation for the country of interest. Conversely, in this example, the quantity of goods purchased must experience a percentage increase that exceeds the percentage decrease in the price of the second country's goods. These conditions apply in the case of perfect elasticity in the demand for goods between two countries.
In most instances, however, the elasticity of demand for goods between two countries is not perfect. In a variablerate foreign exchange environment, the foreign exchange rate between two currencies is, to a varying extent, determined by supply and demand conditions. The supply variable is the quantity of a country's currency which is available. When considering the impact of the sucre/dollar exchange rate on Ecuadoran international payments, as an example, sup
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