Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
Country sample: Extra credit task 5
Country: | Name: |
1. Exchange rates
1.1 Exchange rate arrangement (Source: IMF Annual Report Appendixes, Table II.9):
Exchange rate arrangement: | |
If your country has an exchange rate anchor, what currency does it anchor to? |
1.2 Recent exchange history Source:
Exchange
Rate Plot Interface (Pacific):
(1) "Base Currency": Select your own country. (2) "Target currencies": If your
country uses an exchange rate anchor, choose the anchor; otherwise, select the U.S. dollar.
(3) "Choose Time Horizon": Select "Exact Time Period," and try a "Start date" of
1 Jan 1995 or so. (4) "Data Frequency": Select "monthly averages."
Print out and attach a chart showing the time-path of your
country's exchange rate.
2. Governance indicators
Source: World Bank: Governance Indicators: Country data ((1) select your economy and submit; (2) select "Table" for output format; (3) select 1998 and 2010)
Percentile rank |
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United States | Your country | |||
Years | 2010 | 1998 | 2010 | 1998 |
1. Voice and Accountability | 87.2 | 90.9 | ||
2. Political Stability | 56.6 | 76.4 | ||
3. Government Effectiveness | 90.0 | 92.2 | ||
4. Regulatory Quality | 90.4 | 95.6 | ||
5. Rule of Law | 91.5 | 92.3 | ||
6. Control of Corruption | 85.6 | 92.2 |
3. Internal and external balance indicators
1 |
Labels and search terms |
US | Your country | ||
2 | Internal balance indicators (enter most recent data listed) | ||||
3 | Unemployment rate | 9.1% | |||
4 | Inflation rate | 3.0% | |||
Public finance indicators |
EU convergence criteria |
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5 | Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) (% of GDP) | deficit not more than
3.0% of GDP |
-8.9% | ||
6 | Public debt as % of GDP | not more than 60% of GDP |
61.2% | ||
7 | External balance indicator | ||||
8 | Current account balance (% of GDP) | -3.1% |