Deficit in the current account balance

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A. The United States dollar exchange rate can be affected by changes in the current account, capital account and official reserve transactions. For each of the following changes in the table below indicate what account do you think it influences and why do you believe so.

b. Does the dollar appreciate or depreciate as a result of each change? why.
Practice answers should be filled out in table and with separate explanation as well.

(Consider that for each part in this problem first, identify an account that is initially and more directly impacted by the change indicated in the practice question. Choose either current account or capital account but not both and briefly state why that account is influenced by the change described in the question. Then, figure out if the change indicated in the question causes the dollar to appreciate or depreciate. Ask yourself what causes the exchange rate to change and focus on the effect of the change stated in the question on the determinate of exchange rate. )

A. Increased inflation in Japan: 1. Which account is impacted by this change? 2. Does the dollar appreciate or depreciate (which)?
B. Increases in the growth of U.S. money supply, holding prices constant: 1. Which account is impacted by this change? 2. Does the dollar appreciate or depreciate as result (which)?
C. Increased protectionism in Japan (higher tariffs or quotas on imports): 1. Which account is impacted by this? 2. Does the dollar appreciate or depreciate?
D. Fear of political instability in Europe: 1. Which account is impacted by this? 2. Does the dollar appreciate or depreciate?
E. A firm in the US develops and patents a technique to produce low cost computer chips: 1. Which account is impacted by this? 2. Does the dollar appreciate or depreciate?

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