Jim Whitney Economics 311

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

  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

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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

   
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%